In addition, these studies capture only the most direct
impacts of the desegregation program and are limited to a few interventions that may not be typical.
Busing ended because of a combination of white protest, media that overemphasized resistance, and the lack of systematic collection to judge
the impact of desegregation.
Not exact matches
School
desegregation reduced the
impact of a geographic catchment area within a larger school district, but it also led to «white flight» to suburban schools and parochial schools (i.e. church run schools, often Catholic in Northern cities and historically white Evangelical protestant in the South).
The
impact that the changing demographic composition
of schools could have on the achievement
of black students is not clear, especially given the difficulty
of isolating the effects
of desegregation.
Despite the challenges
of isolating the
impact of school
desegregation on student achievement, a small but growing body
of research provides valuable evidence on the relationship between segregation policies and students» academic and social outcomes.
Figure 2 looks at the
impact of LSP transfers on public schools in the 34 districts that are under federal
desegregation orders.
With its findings on the
impact of peer groups, the report had an immediate
impact on school
desegregation, helping to spur the controversial busing programs that peaked in the 1970s and lingered into the 1990s.
See, e.g., Schofield, Review
of Research on School
Desegregation's
Impact on Elementary and Secondary School Students, in Handbook
of Research on Multicultural Education 597, 606 - 607 (J. Banks & C. Banks eds.
I certainly applaud the
desegregation that occurred during the years immediately following the passage
of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and I quite explicitly say, on p. 75, that «careful studies show that school
desegregation has had positive
impacts on student learning, especially in the South,» a passage which must have escaped Kahlenberg's attention when he claims I «neglect» to point out a possible connection between
desegregation and southern gains.
«Long - Run
Impacts of School
Desegregation & School Quality on Adult Attainments.»
Issues in equity and
desegregation negatively
impact student success in numerous ways to include a lack
of access and opportunity to gifted programs and advanced coursework, low expectations, disproportionate student discipline, and unequal resource distribution.