Community controlled schools can do much to lessen the tension that exists in urban communities in that various models can be developed that will serve as focal points for enacting educational policies that fulfill the goals of individual communities. (CK)

Large cities may have to implement educational change on an all or nothing basis if any headway at all is to be made in eroding the power of entrenched establishments. (CK)

Decentralization of school systems to allow local control of the educational process would be costly, although it would reduce many racial tensions. A less costly method of providing more satisfactory educational programs to low economic groups would be to aid them in evaluating their economic status. (CK)