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1997 - Introduction and Overview: The Role of Social Science in School Desegregation Efforts

Attribution: Taylor, William L.
Researchers: William L. Taylor
University Affiliation: N/A
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Research Question:
Overview of the role of social science in school desegregation
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: The Journal of Negro Education
Journal Entry: Vol. 66, No. 2, pp. 196-202
Year: 1997
Findings:
  • Overview of the use of social science evidence in school desegregation.
  • Social science knowledge was used in the Brown decision and became an important consideration for remedying segregation, and for making educational policy.
  • The social science debate about causes and cures of school segregation (school v. family factors) played out in courts and in policy.
  • Reviews the case of St. Louis as an example of the social science debate in desegregation efforts.
  • The 1996 Craton Liddell v. Board of Education, St. Louis case will determine the status of the city’s desegregation plan and whether the school districts involved achieved unitary status.
Keywords: Brown vs Board of EducationDesegregationRegions: NationalMethodologies: QualitativeResearch Designs: Literature ReviewAnalysis Methods: Content Analysis Sampling Frame:Previous Studies
Sampling Types: NonrandomAnalysis Units: DocumentData Types: Qualitative-Longitudinal
Data Description:
  • Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
  • Coleman Report, 1966
  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, 1971
  • Craton Liddell et. al. v. Board of Education of St. Louis, Missouri, et al.
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