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• Desegregation of Roma Pupils in Practice: A Realist Evaluation of the Krnov Case in the Czech Republic

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  Bohdana Richterová

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  This paper examines Roma pupil segregation in the Czech Republic and explores why desegregation appears to succeed in some localities but not in others. Using a document-based realist evaluation, the study develops and refines context-mechanism-outcome (CMO) configurations for the city of Krnov, where a segregated primary school was closed in 2008 and Roma pupils were redistributed across the remaining schools. Drawing on publicly available policy analyses, reports, and media accounts, the paper identifies four linked mechanisms: dispersal that reduces school stigma, active municipal stewardship, a support infrastructure including tutoring and multi-agency cooperation, and school leadership that helps stabilise implementation. Secondary indicators suggest better-than-expected outcomes, including lower non-completion of primary education. The findings do not constitute causal proof, but they offer transferable principles and a “transfer test” for municipalities planning desegregation under different local conditions.

• Roma School Segregation and Educational Governance in Romania

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  Dan Patroc

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  76

  This article examines the governance of Roma school segregation in Romania as a national case situated within broader Central and Eastern European debates, arguing that legal prohibition alone does not ensure effective desegregation. Although the normative framework has expanded, segregation persists through administrative opacity, weak institutional capacity, and intra-school reconfiguration. The study conceptualizes segregation as a governance problem sustained by the interaction of ethnicity, poverty, and selective policy implementation.