Voluntary magnet programs reach and sustain racial integration targets

Evidence

Archibald and Rossell both found voluntary-magnet programs to be successful at reaching racial integration goals and maintaining those proportions. As more cities throughout the United States implement magnet programs not only will students of all races benefit from superior educational opportunities, they will also experience voluntary racial integration which will hopefully provide a solid foundation of open-mindedness for living in this multi-racial country. — Marcy Crouch, Magnet Schools and Other Means of…, 42

Categorization

• XREF: Ties Archibald (1988) and Rossell together as the evidentiary backbone for voluntary over mandatory desegregation.