Editor’s Note
A recent report from the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice confirms the benefits of inter-district desegregation programs in closing achievement gaps. Below is a summary of additional research on the benefits of desegregation.
Students in the St. Louis Public School magnet program, one of the nation's remaining inter-district desegregation programs.
Volume 23, Number 6
November/December 2007
Roundup of Desegregation Research
By BRIGID SCHULTE
Roundup of Desegregation Research, continued
Roundup of Desegregation Research
Roundup of Desegregation Research
In 2006 the
National Academy of Education (NAE) summarized the social science research for and against race-based desegregation that was submitted in friend of the court briefs in the recent U.S. Supreme Court case.
This is an excerpt from the Harvard Education Letter.
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In 2006 the
National Academy of Education (NAE) summarized the social science research for and against race-based desegregation that was submitted in friend of the court briefs in the recent U.S. Supreme Court case.
For Further Information
Borman, G. D., & Dowling, M. “Schools and inequality: A multilevel analysis of Coleman’s Equality of Educational Opportunity Data.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 2006.
Steele, C. M., & Aronson, J. “Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans.” Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 69, 1995.
