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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"School integration"”.
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Rural Homes and Secondary School Integration
… has been taught in the rural secondary schools. The ideas that labor is "degrading and disgraceful" and that money is the end of education have been the bane of educators. It is not only the task of the rural teacher to inculcate in the students the dignity of labor, but it is the task …
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Tipping in: School integration in gentrifying neighborhoods
The purpose of this study is to examine the school choice process of Gentry Parents --white, middle and upper-middle class, highly-educated parents living in gentrifying neighborhoods -- to determine how, through the compounding effect of their many individual choices, a segregated urban school in …
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School integration and the friendships of youth with developmental disabilities
… study was an investigation into the effect ofschool integration on the friendships ofyouth with developmental disabilities and their peers without disabilities. The youths, their parents, and their teachers provided insights into the youths' friendships. A qualitative paradigm was used in this …
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Forgotten Heroes: Lessons from School Integration in a Small Southern Community
<p>In the fall of 1956 Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee became the first public school in the south to desegregate. This paper examines how the quiet southern town handled the difficult task of forced integration while maintaining a commitment to the preservation of law and order. As the …
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The Turning of a City's Soul: Norfolk's Public School Integration Crisis, 1954 - 1959
This thesis examines the integration crisis that the City of Norfolk, Virginia underwent between 1954 and 1959 with an epilogue that carries Norfolk's desegregation story through to 1986.
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School Integration: A Case Study of the 1971-1972 School Year at Indian River High School
… is a case study of the initial year of integration at a predominantly white southern high school. The school's racial configuration changed from approximately 10% black to approximately 35% black in the course of a single year. The study includes a background of desegregation in …
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A history of integration of the Waco public schools : 1954 to the present.
American public schools were segregated racially in most of the nation for more than a century after the first public school system was established in 1837 in Massachusetts. Desegregation and integration of the public schools nationwide began in 1954 when the United States Supreme Court made its …
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The first educational exodus : a narrative of 1965
Histories of Boston's school desegregation crisis have focused on the legal and political struggles that preceded the Garrity decision, which, in 1974, enforced citywide school integration. It is necessary to discern and evaluate the viewpoints of black and white parents in the greater Boston area …
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African learners' perception of vernacular language in disegregated schools
… and the need for its recognition in desegregated schools. This study reveals the historical background of the indigenous African languages in South African Education and the international trends on languages in the few countries which have been selected on the literature review of the study. It is …
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Opinions of negro administrators in the public schools of Indiana concerning racial issues related to education
… of the Negro administrators in the public schools of Indiana concerning school integration, school decentralization, curriculum as it relates to the civil rights movement, and Black Power. The data obtained provided a basis for the development of recommendations for implementation in the …
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Say No to the Liberal Media: Conservatives and Criticism of the News Media in the 1970s
… in movements against court-ordered busing for school integration in cities such as Boston, Louisville, and Detroit. I also show that criticism of the news media was an integral component of the antiliberal activism of conservatives including white supremacist members of the Citizens' Councils …
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A Case Study in the Desegregation of George Washington High School and Langston High School in Danville, Virginia during the 1970-1971 School Year
… of the desegregation of George Washington High School and Langston High School in Danville, Virginia in 1970. The author focuses on the related desegregation litigation on a national, state, and local level as well as the historical context for desegregation in the Commonwealth of Virginia. In …
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A Comparative Analysis of the Integration of Faith and Learning Between ACSI and ACCS Accredited Schools
… study was to analyze and compare the integration of faith and learning occurring in Christian schools accredited by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and classical Christian schools accredited by the Association of Classical and Christian Schools (ACCS). ACSI …
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A comparison of perceived problems of urban black and white women principals in elementary, middle, and junior high schools in obtaining the principalship and functioning in that role during their first year
… white women elementary, middle, and junior high school principals in obtaining the first principalship position and functioning in the principalship role during the first year.ProcedureA twenty-two-item closed-form and open-form type questionnaire was developed, tested, and mailed to a selected …
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Integration and learners' feelings of belonging in a desegregated former House of Delegates school
… South African children would have access to a school of their choice and that no child would be turned away from school on grounds of race, ethnicity, class and/ or religion. School desegregation has been one of the means of attaining social cohesion and ensuring that all learners have access …
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The Label "Gifted:" A Critical Analysis
… the researcher) struggle within a single school setting to make personal meaning of "giftedness." This multivariate qualitative study examines discriminately several homogeneous groups (each with established entrance criteria) and the individuals within these groups. Instead of the …
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The role of open schools in the process of social change in South Africa
This study considers open schools as a movement for reform and social change. It is argued in this study that the mere act of opening up schools to all race groups is an important step in the road to social change, particularly in a country where government had enacted several pieces of legislation …
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