Lists desegregation measures in various states across the nation. (SB)

A grievance not resolved at a lower level will seek redress at a higher one and the effect of a resolution imposed from above will be more painful than would have been the case had the matter been settled at the lower level in the first place. (Author/IRT)

Argues that Blacks want effective schooling more than they want integration plans based on racial balance. Argues that integration needs to be redefined to be consonant with this desire and to make it more culturally democratic and more educationally effective. (IRT)

Results indicate that desegregation plans that have been considered most frequently and are most effective tend to involve little cost. Those which are generally considered innovative are least implemented and rated least effective. (Author/AM)

Loss of student freedom is one of the dangers to the structure of U.S. education as posed by the policy of racial integration by busing.'' (Editor/SP)

The "freedom of choice" strategy is discussed as an alternative to the cultural deficit orientation that underlies current school desegregation strategies, since the latter are failing to make any educational difference for Black children. (Author/AM)

A number of research studies document the effectiveness of magnet schools--both in breaking down racial isolation and in providing high-quality education programs. However, according to Kimberly West, writing in the "Yale Law Journal,""many magnet schools are rife with racially segregated classrooms." (MLF)

IN PART I, GUIDELINES FOR FULLER INTEGRATION OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE GIVEN. THE PURPOSES OF DESEGREGATION AND IMPROVED QUALITY EDUCATION ARE INDEPENDENT AND SHOULD BE PURSUED SIMULTANEOUSLY. EACH SCHOOL SHOULD ENROLL PUPILS FROM VARIED BACKGROUNDS BY ELIMINATING NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS, DEVELOPING A SYSTEM OF THREE SCHOOLS…

RACIAL IMBALANCE HAMPERS THE FULLEST ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE AFFECTED BY IT AND IMPAIRS ADEQUATE PREPARATION FOR THE DUTIES OF AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP. THE PRACTICAL DEFINITION OF A RACIALLY IMBALANCE SCHOOL WAS ONE IN WHICH COMPOSITION OF THE SCHOOL POPULATION IS SHARPLY OUT OF BALANCE WITH THE RACIAL COMPOSITION OF THE SOCIETY…

Analyzes Boston's decline in white enrollment, the effect school desegregation has had on this decline and on racial balance, and whether school desegregation has led to resegregation of the school system. (Author)

IT IS HELD THAT DEFACTO SEGREGATION AND INTEGRATION HAVE NO PRACTICAL DEFINITIONS. RACIAL BALANCE ALONE DOES NOT OFFER AN ACCURATE DEFINITION OF SEGREGATION. STATISTICS WERE PRESENTED ON THE DEGREE OF RACIAL SEGREGATION IN THE DISTRICT. THE INFLUX OF NEW PUPILS FROM OUTSIDE THE DISTRICT WAS CONSIDERED. SCHOOL POLICIES AND PRACTICES IN RELATION TO…

ALTHOUGH THE ISSUE OF DE JURE SEGREGATION SEEMS TO BE SETTLED, THE DIFFICULTIES ASSOCIATED WITH DE FACTO SEPARATION OF THE RACES ARE ONLY NOW EMERGING. THE SIX PRINCIPLES PROPOSED BY THE ADVISORY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS AND COMMUNITY TENSIONS TO THE NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ARE PRESENTED AS GUIDES FOR PARENTS AND SCHOOL…

Discusses the busing controversy, the increasing demand for community control of schools, and the general discontent with the public school system through an analysis of school desegregation in Chicago. (Author)