Carrot or the Stick for School Desegregation P olicy

Christine H. Rossell is Professor of Political Science at Boston University and the co-editor of The Consequences of School Desegregation (Temple).

• Preface 1. The Past and the Future of School Desegregation Remedies The Evolution of School Desegregation Remedies Attitudes Toward Desegregation Self-Interest and Compliance The Public Choice Model Magnet School Plans Departures from Past Research Outline of Chapters 2. Defining School Desegregation and Its Goal The Effect of Interracial Exposure on Minority Children The Measurement of Interracial Exposure 3. A Comparison of Voluntary and Mandatory Desegregation Plans Sampling Criteria Classifying Plans into Magnet-Voluntary and Magnet-Mandatory Community Characteristics Magnet Programs White Flight Interracial Exposure Racial Imbalance Racially Identifiable Schools Matched Pairs Net Benefit Dismantling Mandatory Plans Conclusions 4. What Is Attractive About Magnet Schools? The Literature Location and Percentage of Minority Pupils Curriculum Pupil-Teacher Ratios Physical Appearance Distance Educational Benefits Magnet Success in 20 School Districts Indicators of Success The Cost of Magnet Schools Conclusions 5. What Have School Desegregation Plans Accomplished? Enrollment Trends Desegregation Assessment Measures Interracial Exposure Racial Imbalance: The Index of Dissimilarity The Percentage of Students in Desegregated Schools The Percentage of Minority Students in White and Minority Schools Big City School Desegregation Conclusions 6. Conclusions and Recommendations Metropolitan Plans Policy Recommendations Controlled Choice Costs Equity, Efficiency, and Effectiveness Ranking by Three Criteria Models of Policymaking Notes References Index Index of Court Cases

"An in-depth, carefully researched analysis... The book is particularly useful for public policymakers, school administrators, and faculty and for graduate students in educational policy studies." -Choice "A significant achievement... Assembling the most comprehensive data base and the most persuasive analysis to date on relative effectiveness of voluntary versus mandatory desegregation plans, Rossell concludes not only that mandatory desegregation techniques cause long-term white flight, but also that the white loss is large enough to render 'mandatory magnet' plans less effective than 'voluntary magnet' plans." -Contemporary Sociology "A very well-written analysis of...a topic of major policy significance...to policy researchers, educational policy-makers, lawyers and judges, sociologists, and members of the sophisticated public involved in school desegregation matters." -Jeffrey A. Raffel, University of Delaware