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Title
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Douglass School
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Description
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Outdoor scene with school officials and a sign that reads "New West Language Magnet."
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Magnet Schools
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Description
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File containing information about the history of magnet schools in the Kansas City School District.
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Object Type
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Vertical File
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Title
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People of the Year '90
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Description
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Photos and bio of Phyllis Washington, 41-year-old "principal of the E. F. Swinney Elementary School" since about 1983, "one of the first magnet schools in the Kansas City school district" and "one of the top elementary schools in the country" as designated by the United States Department of Education.
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Date
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1990-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Diamond Mine
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Description
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Article describing some distinct features of the learning environment for children of varying backgrounds and races at the Middle School for the Arts.
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Date
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1989-01-08
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Paseo Academy Gives Creative Students a Chance to Shine
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Description
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The Paseo Academy of Fine Arts, at 4747 Flora, is a magnet school with conservatories of creative writing and visual arts, dance and theatre and music. The Academy has some of the District's highest test scores and partners with organizations such as the Nelson-Atkins Museum and Kansas City Symphony.
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Date
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2006-08-02
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Special Report: A Report Card on Our Schools
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Description
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This special section lists area schools and their test scores and includes not only public but private schools. A good source for a complete listing of the schools including Kansas counties Johnson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte and Missouri counties Jackson, Clay, and Platte.
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Date
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2003-10-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Judge in KC Desegregation Case Dies
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Description
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Notice about the death of U. S. District Judge Russell G. Clark on April 17, 2003. Judge Clark, whose school desegregation rulings had a profound impact on Kansas City families, was responsible for the conversion of most district schools to magnet themes.
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Date
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2003-04-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Clark Remembered as Courageous Judge
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Description
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Article reviewing the life and ruling of desegregation for Kansas City Public Schools by U.S. District Judge Russell G. Glark. On Sept. 17, 1984, Clark declared that the district's "discriminatory and state-fostered dual school system for black and white students must be eliminated."
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Date
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2003-04-19
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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On the Loose--Desegregation Rap: Run! DMC
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Description
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Article on the unfeasibility of magnet schools in the Kansas City School district in attracting suburban whites to attend.
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Date
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1990-11
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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Desegregation in the Kansas City School District
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Description
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"The case of Missouri v. Jenkins marked the federal court's most expensive and most ambitious attempt to desegregate a public school district. In 1984, Judge Russell Clark ruled that the Kansas City, Missouri, School District was unconstitutionally segregated" (from book jacket). Instead of busing, the judge raised taxes to help pay for over $2 billion in improvements which included magnet schools, employee salary raises, and the building of facilities with "extravagant amenities." The book gives the history of the issue of desegregation in the Kansas City School District as well as the court procedures and philosophy that accompanied them.
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Date
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2008
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Object Type
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Book
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Title
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'Separate but Equal' Again?
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Description
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Photo and article about the "court-ordered desegregation" in the Kansas City School District, handed down by Judge Russell Clark in 1986 and involving costly amenities at the inner city schools to attract suburban white students, etc.
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Date
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1994-05-16
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Last Word: From Topeka to Kansas City
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Description
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Photo (of the author) and essay about the problems of Kansas City's public schools and their court-ordered desegregation policy, unsuccessfully attempting to make education facilities equal in the inner city and suburbs.
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Date
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1995-06-26
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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A Matter of Choice
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Description
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Article about some positive aspects of magnet schools not offered by private schools.
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Date
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1991-09
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
