Throughout history, dating back to the Fourteenth Amendment and the civil rights movements, opinions vary about the role desegregation has played in American schools. With the onset of desegregation, many changes occurred, not only for students and parents, but also for many school districts and cities. One of the many beliefs is that desegregation helped abolish racial imbalance among school-age children. There are numerous theories about the success of desegregation. Desegregation was introduced into schooling with the purpose of bringing equality to education, but along with this idea came many obstacles including highly controversial theories, racial tensions, and lasting social effects. Brown describes an idea in which schools and courts were responsible for creating a united education system. Schools were ordered to eliminate the “segregation or duel” systems they were using (Citizen's Guide to Desegregation 4). With this order also came the belief that desegregation went far beyond just black and white, but was more about equality in education. An unknown author's belief on the topic was that "desegregation refers to the removal of both legal and social practice" (Levinson 141). Some believed the myth that African American children were academically slower than white students. When in fact "the achievement of black students increases, sometimes at a faster rate than that of white students, and sometimes to the point that the differences in performance levels of the two races disappear" (Williams). Along with desegregation came the opening and closing of numerous schools across the United States. The white community appeared to control the construction of new schools; while black schools were dismantled without the contribution of...... middle of paper ......ogy: an Encyclopedia. New York: Routledge Falmer, 2002. Print.Callahan, Jody. "The Brown Sisters Explain the 1954 Supreme Court Civil Rights Case: Pair to Dispell the Myths of a Landmark Case." Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis, TN) February 4, 2010: Newspaper source. EBSCO. Network. February 24, 2011.Williams, Jaun. “Support for desegregation declines, study says.” The Washington Post January 19, 1985. Print.William Kelley, et al. "The Consequences of School Desegregation in a Kansas Town 50 Years After Brown." Urban Review 40.1 (2008): 76-95. Academic research completed. EBSCO. Network. February 22, 2011Goodman, Irv. “Public schools are dead here.” Saturday Evening Post 234.17 (1961): 32-89. Academic research completed. EBSCO. Network. February 18, 2011.MINOR, LLOYD B. “From Desegregation to Diversity and Inclusion.” Vital Talks of the Day 77.1 (2011): 33-35. Academic research completed. EBSCO. Network. February 22. 2011.