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ERIC Number: EJ267868
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1982-May
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An Analysis of Court-Ordered Desegregation in Tennessee: Facts and Opinions.
Mauney, Connie
American Journal of Education, v90 n3 p227-57 May 1982
Compares Federal court-ordered school desegregation plans in urban and rural Tennessee school districts. Indicates that approaches differed with varying district characteristics. Suggests that community responses to plans were influenced by such factors as racial composition; customs; leaders' attitudes; environmental and economic conditions; and the availability of public education alternatives. (Author/MJL)
Descriptors: Blacks, Busing, Community Attitudes, Court Role, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Litigation, Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Policy Formation, Racial Composition, Rural Schools, School Desegregation, Socioeconomic Influences, Urban Schools, Whites
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Tennessee