Whites flee to suburbs slowed after desegregation study
Boston University scholar Prof. Christine Russell finds in urban school data that white families left Northern cities at a slower rate once desegregation was completed, challenging the belief that integration sped the white exodus. The study compares white pupil percentages in several years before and after desegregation.
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Tragic Death in Wooster Amid Driveway Incident
Angela Pegram, 2, was killed when struck by a car in the driveway of her Wooster apartment house. The incident is under police investigation. The article also covers research on white flight and school desegregation findings presented in San Francisco.
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Government finds harsher discipline for minority students
The HEW Office of Civil Rights says minority pupils face more expulsions and longer suspensions nationwide. It notes districts could lose federal aid for noncompliance with the Civil Rights Act and requires districts to keep detailed disciplinary records for at least two years. Adolph Simon Ochs, founder of the New York Times, died in 1935.
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