1990 - White Flight and White Return in Norfolk: A Test of Prediction

Attribution: Carr, Leslie G., & Zeigler, Donald J.
Researchers: Donald J. ZeiglerLeslie G. Carr
University Affiliation: Old Dominion University
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Research Question:
Compares prediction of continuing white flight In Norfolk to what actually happened there during the 1980s.
Published: 1
Journal Name or Institutional Affiliation: Sociology of Education
Journal Entry: Vol. 63, No. 4, pp. 274-281
Year: 1990
Findings:
  • The system was not plunging toward “resegregation” as the result of white flight
  • The end of busing clearly did not improve white parents attitudes toward public schools
  • Armor’s prediction about supposed “resegregation” because of white flight was an ERROR.
  • Reason to believe that gains were due to demographic changes.
  • Decision of court based on erroneous argument.
Keywords: BusingDesegregationElementary SchoolResegregationSegregationWhite FlightRegions: SouthMethodologies: QuantitativeAnalysis Methods: Descriptive Statistics Sampling Frame:Local
Sampling Types: RandomAnalysis Units: ParentData Types: Quantitative-Longitudinal
Data Description:
  • Figures for the years 1981-89 of Norfolk School Board.
  • Survey in1987 with parents or guardians of children by telephone 487
  • 1182 Black 40%; 277 White 60%; 73% with children in public schools; 27% with children in private schools
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Archives: K-12 Integration, Desegregation, and Segregation Abstracts