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...women who are loath to have their ears pierced, there is a new, no-bore way to wear earrings that nestle close to the lobe without clips. A magnetized earring is held in place by a minute cobalt-and-samarium magnet on the invisible side. Price: from $7.50 to $25. One trouble is that in telephonic or amatorial exercise the quarter-inch magnet is as easy to lose as a contact lens; some stores, like Saks Fifth Avenue, will remagnetize the lady without charge. No questions asked...
There were other obstacles besides. Despite the quality of the specialized programs offered in the 14 magnet schools (which included a business and management center, a creative arts academy and a health professions center), white enrollment was low from the start−and it has dwindled further over the past two years. Perhaps the most significant problem was the flight of whites to the suburbs: in 1970 the Dallas school district was 58% white, 34% black and 8% Mexican American. Seven years later whites numbered only 35%. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People became so discouraged with...
...Dallas decision inevitably fueled speculation about desegregation plans in other cities where the magnet school concept is under consideration, most notably Chicago and Los Angeles. "Dallas isn't big enough to be a test case," said Robert Havighurst, professor emeritus of education at the University of Chicago. "Chicago and Los Angeles will be the real testing ground." In Los Angeles, Diane Watson, the only black member of the school board, thought the decision would spur greater desegregation efforts. "In light of what's come out of Dallas," she said, "I think that our current plan will certainly...
...judge), director of the Center for National Policy Review, a public interest law group that specializes in civil rights: "Some people thought the law was changing, but this decision is an indication that there are still legal requirements. That doesn't mean that you can't have magnet schools and improve the educational offering. What it means is that you can't use the magnet schools as a substitute for true desegregation...
Joseph Hannon, Chicago school superintendent: "We feel magnet schools are effective. Just because the courts find a problem with one desegregation program, the rubric doesn't have to be placed on every other plan. Uniquely each city has to develop its plan based on its needs...