Five-year open-ended interview study of six desegregated high schools and their graduates¶

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Description¶

This book is the study artifact: a five-year investigation of six high schools that had undergone some form of desegregation in the late 1970s, providing "a firsthand account of how desegregation affected students during high school and later in life." It draws on open-ended interviews with graduates, educators, advocates, and local policymakers, situating their stories in social and historical context.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Requires sustained access over five years to graduates and educators of the six studied desegregated high schools for open-ended interviews

Constraints¶

• Scope is limited to six high schools that underwent desegregation in the late 1970s

Target Learners¶

• students who attended desegregated high schools in the late 1970s

Target Learning Goals¶

• understanding the long-term educational and life effects of school desegregation

Claims¶

• Graduates of desegregated 1970s high schools report both benefits from desegregation and experiences of backlash against it [+W]

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Key Sources¶

• 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