European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Assessment i High was an my Black school in in quart of the Yard full of weeds and just w w pts orc plucky school migrated i Lac was converted into a run rang Urark with All the latest inside which is now on third Black the facts Tare still Larncy Ellen Balleisen a 17year Lold White said there were no Blacks in any of her 1 which Are mainly for advanced students Zac Hary a Black said that peer pressure kept he students apart outside you get the feeling that somebody is always watching you if you shake a while persons said Royal a Fallback on the football but look at our parents they feel the same in Many communities across the students have been bused for several years now to Correct racial imbalances in the As Central High the results Are some formerly Ell Black schools have been some Black achievement scores have some Young Black and have gotten to know people of an other race for the first but in the typical Blacks and Whites ill at separate As if the old Jim Crow codes Solo in discipline problems have White parents fear that the Quality of education has while Black parents fear the loss of their Community identity and asked to comment on this Nathaniel counsel for the National association for the Aden of coloured replied what we know t sure is that segregation Doest i but it is also Clear that desegregation does not Neces a whole new set of called 1 generation problems by have now and they Are a lot harder to solve than the of students who should attend each school or the i route they should until Public attention has usually focused on the pm of busing which is often the Only practical to integrate a school most experts agree Riding a bus is no More dangerous than walking to a a boyhood but in Many cases it has proved to enormously in some High school students must get up at to catch the extracurricular activities have in since Many youngsters have no loyalty new school or no Way to get Home if they stay busing also increases Public interest in the school and in some people count Ihu As a to the extent that people become More in lived lit the school the Public officials Are t we More directly accountable for what they i said Thomas head of the a act Public interest can also Lead to bitter criticisms of sensationalized coverage in the local Media and an increase in racial in Char Black and White students held a press Confer we know for sure that segregation Doest but if is also Clear desegregation does not mid reporters and Lilje administration to leave analysts believe that Munevia Ami example of Central is track is Ncik Barbara Van an l of the american of recalls when she attended in Allback elementary school in students had to Cross a dangerous Highway when desegregation a Walkway was built across the one key question is whether student achievement scores Rise or fall after most experts agree that Whites scores Are unaffected either Way and that evidence for Black youngsters is still but two researchers from the Rand corp Robert Grain and Rita recently surveyed 73 studies in this Field and came up with some interesting it is absolutely said that Black Young sters show achievement gains when they Are integrated in the first or second these signs tend to diminish As the age for integration grows he in some integration at the Junior and senior High school level might produce negative Many parents remain that desegregation produces inferior Jean a teacher in Boston and the Mother of said in the haste to integrate by the the baby was thrown out with the Bath a lot of the Quality in the Boston school system was thrown out the and there is a great Deal of mediocrity but some Quality programs have if academic achievement is difficult to there is wide agreement that desegregation has brought sub Stantial discipline the clash of cultures across races and across classes has caused problems across the in suspensions doubled in the first year of desegregation while the system was Only 23 percent More than half of the suspensions were meted out to the clashes Are particularly acute in schools that were formerly Blacks Are used to wearing hats in for or talking loudly in the and they do not always react calmly when new standards Are when you get in that explained Zachary the student at Central you feel people Are lashing at you and putting you so you try to defend a Survey of student attitudes there indicated that Zachary Royal you try to defend s3 percent of the White students and 48 percent of the Blacks thought there was racial tension in the about Hall the students of both races agreed that there was favouritism in but Whites said Blacks were and Blacks said the in most Blacks Are bused far More often than and this can create considerable the Marvin the Only Black school trustee in said i think that the busing should be More it  be one theres been quite a bit of hostility among the students because they feel like All of our schools were and they had to go to other Peoples and there not accepted and not wanted where there John a Black feels that busing often conveys the Subtle message that Black is Mary a Black activist in san says that busing has broken up the Black and we would have been better off if our children remained in our Community one of the Forest Points among Blacks is that Allback High schools often a great source of Community Pride and identity Are usually closed or diluted by de Segre Rue integration does at a recent school dance at a Junior ugh i the King was the Prince was and the Queen and Princess were it used to be that All the Whites stuck together and All the Blacks stuck said a school official i its no longer the Case that if a seat is a White will try to get another White to sit now that student will this Guy has been my Friend since the first Grade so we will sit a scarily Ellen Balleisen without at school with Black John the stars and stripes Page is