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Bourdier, Whitney Y.; Parker, Jerry L. – Research Issues in Contemporary Education, 2021
Per the Brown V. Board decision (1954), segregation in the American educational system is "unconstitutional", "has no place", and is "inherently unequal". Although American schools have been de jure desegregated for decades, issues of White flight, segregation academies, and poor academic preparation in public schools…
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, School Segregation, Public Schools, African American Students
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Pazey, Barbara L.; King, Kelley; van Tassell, Frances – American Educational History Journal, 2023
In June 2008, Albert Sidney Johnston High School (JHS) in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) became the first school in the state of Texas to be closed by the Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency (TEA) after receiving ratings of academically unacceptable for five consecutive years under the Texas public school accountability…
Descriptors: High Schools, Low Achievement, School Closing, School Desegregation
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Crawford, Tanya T.; Bohan, Chara Haeussler – Educational Foundations, 2019
Six years after "Brown v. Board of Education", Atlanta reluctantly complied with the order to desegregate its school system rather than risk having schools closed due to noncompliance. Out of 132 students, nine black high school seniors desegregated four of Atlanta's all-white high schools. The purpose of this study is to explore and…
Descriptors: African American Students, School Desegregation, High School Students, Desegregation Litigation