Shifting Policies of Educational Desegregation and Its Effects on The Resegregation of The Aldine Independent School District

Authors

Tonya Elisette Juarez, University of Texas-Pan American

Date of Award

8-2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

Department

History

First Advisor

Dr. Linda English

Second Advisor

Dr. Michael Faubion

Third Advisor

Dr. Sonia Hernandez

Abstract

This study examines the desegregation process for the Aldine Independent School District located in Houston, Texas. Beginning with an analysis of the development of public education in Texas, this study observes the educational conditions for blacks and Mexican Americans prior to the end of de jure segregation. Thereafter, it assesses the impact of the Brown v. Board of Education (1954) decision that required desegregation of American public schools. I argue that the shifting policies that occurred after Brown requiring mandatory integration resulted in white flight in the school district. With the end of mandatory integration, Aldine I.S.D. reverted back to the practice of using neighborhood schools. Thus, white flight and neighborhood schools caused resegregation to occur in Aldine I.S.D. The Aldine desegregation case is placed within the context of a larger narrative of the changing face of American public education.

Comments

Copyright 2013 Tonya Elisette Juarez. All Rights Reserved.

https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/shifting-policies-educational-desegregation/docview/1459230097/se-2

Granting Institution

University of Texas-Pan American