This book is organized in four chapters. Chapter 1, "The Basic Nature of Effective Desegregation," explores exactly what effective desegregation means. Chapters 2-4 set forth a prototype--an idealized version--of the process of achieving effective desegregation in an individual school district. The "model" has four basic parts: (1) A set of general principles about how to achieve effective desegregation, specified in chapter 2, "Principles of Achieving Effective Desegregation;" (2) a diagrammatic description of all the specific planning activities and tactics required to achieve effective desegregation, arrayed along a time line depicting the entire process, in chapter 3, "Planning and Timing Effective Desegregation;" (3) a discussion of the desegregation planning process, keyed to the diagrammatic presentation mentioned above (also in chapter 3). (4) a detailed discussion of the most effective tactics to use in achieving effective desegregation, divided into five categories: administrative measures, community relations activities, teacher training measures, student adjustment measures, and curriculum adaptation, in chapter 4, "Techniques for Achieving Effective Desegregation." (Author/JM)