This issue of a publication of the Harvard Center for Law and Education contains articles concerning: (1) the failure of the educational "tracking" system; (2) the need for decentralized educational decision-making by the principal; (3) an evaluation of ESEA Title I citing its failure and recommending a strategy for litigation; (4) the failure of Southern desegregation; (5) a review and critique of "The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress," a collection of Alexander Bickel's lectures on race and education. A regular feature, "Notes and Commentary," reports current research, litigation, government action, and legislation concerning education and the law. In this issue the current reports are court decisions on resource allocation, student rights, the Congressional delay on ESEA Title I comparability, and integration. (DM)