Date Thesis Awarded
4-2008
Access Type
Honors Thesis -- Access Restricted On-Campus Only
Degree Name
Bachelors of Arts (BA)
Department
Interdisciplinary Studies
Advisor
Christine L. Nemacheck
Committee Members
Anne H. Charity Hudley
Paul Manna
Deenesh Sohoni
Abstract
June 2007, the US Supreme Court released its opinion on desegregation in K-12 schools in Seattle, WA and Jefferson County, KY. The Court struck down the use of racial tiebreakers in both districts voluntary integration plans, impacting 1,000 school districts nationwide. My research is focused on how school districts will react to the decision. Will they drop their integration plans, alter them, or keep them? I am performing four case studies on the districts of Seattle, Jefferson County, Lynn, and Monroe County. In the aftermath of the Court's decision these school districts must decide if and how to encourage integration.
Recommended Citation
Harris, Jeree, "From Brown v. Board to Parents v. Seattle: The Future and Constitutionality of Desegregation in American Public Schools" (2008). Undergraduate Honors Theses. William & Mary. Paper 778.
https://scholarworks.wm.edu/honorstheses/778
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Comments
Thesis is part of Honors ETD pilot project, 2008-2013. Migrated from Dspace in 2016.