The final report of a research effort, interracial and multidisciplinary in nature and designed to deal with the politics of change in professional systems, outlines a) a diagnosis of American high schools and consequent change strategies, b) its goals and objectives, c) program outcomes, and d) issues facing the Educational Change Team and others engaged in controversial aspects of school change. The Team conducted basic research to discover, document and illuminate the issues of racism and control of youth which appear as the major institutional conditions leading to educational failure and political crisis in schools. It also conducted a variety of developmental programs to generate alternative models of aspects of secondary education and to design new materials and resources helpful in the change process. A series of regional consultant teams were identified and trained to provide direct assistance to school systems in crisis (Network on Educational Unrest). Further, the ECT trained groups of students, teachers, administrators, and community members in new ways of dealing with school conflicts, and created and disseminated various materials pertinent to school crisis and change. Relevant publications available by or from the ECT, a bibliography of school conflict and change, and a list of Team staff members are included in the report. (Author/KSM)