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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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School Board Leadership and Policymaking in Changing Political Environments
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Frankenberg, Erica; Diem, Sarah – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2013
As the demographic make-up of public schools (and neighborhoods) shift and schools become increasingly segregated, the role of school boards becomes critically important in maintaining policies designed to remedy segregation and promote equal opportunity, policies which may challenge the status quo. Specifically, in school districts and…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Leadership, Educational Policy, Policy Formation
Statement of American Social Scientists of Research on School Desegregation to the U.S. Supreme Court in "Parents v. Seattle School District" and "Meredith v. Jefferson County"
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Orfield, Gary; Frankenberg, Erica; Garces, Liliana M. – Urban Review: Issues and Ideas in Public Education, 2008
In June 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review two related cases originating from school districts in Louisville, Kentucky and Seattle, Washington that involved voluntarily adopted racial integration plans. Concerned about the outcome of these cases, 553 social scientists submitted a social science statement to the Supreme Court summarizing…
Descriptors: Student Diversity, Social Science Research, Racial Integration, Courts