The experience of St. Louis (Missouri) has shown that desegregation has fueled educational reform, and that it is important for communities to understand its benefits in order to work toward maintaining the components that have benefited all children, regardless of race. The interdistrict transfer program has been largely successful. (SLD)

The history of the school choice idea is briefly traced, and then some contemporary family choice models are examined in detail. "Tracking" was the major choice mechanism in public schools prior to recent efforts to expand the options. The alternative movement within individual schools began in the late 1960's, with many forms…