Graduates of desegregated 1970s high schools report both benefits from desegregation and experiences of backlash against it¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r? · q2
Currency · newest study 2009 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Open-ended interviews with more than 500 graduates, educators, advocates, and policymakers from six desegregated high schools yielded firsthand accounts that underscore the benefits of school desegregation while providing perspective on the backlash against it. → Amy Stuart Wells 2009

Evidence¶

Amy Stuart Wells 2009¶

Amy Stuart Wells, Jennifer Jellison Holme, Anita Tijerina Revilla, Awo Korantemaa Atanda. (2009). Both Sides Now: The Story of School Desegregation's Graduates. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. https://www.mathematica.org/publications/both-sides-now-the-story-of-school-desegregations-graduates doi:10.1525/9780520942486

q2 · i? · qualitative · r?

Qualitative interview study described on the book's abstract page: a five-year study of six high schools that underwent desegregation in the late 1970s, with "open-ended interviews with more than 500 graduates, educators, advocates, and local policymakers." No effect sizes are reported.

"The team conducted open-ended interviews with more than 500 graduates, educators, advocates, and local policymakers."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

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