This report presents an examination of the history of the interaction of the courts and the school administration in their quest to provide an equal educational opportunity to the children of the District of Columbia, especially in the latter's efforts to comply with a court decision which ordered the system to equalize per pupil expenditures in the elementary school. A series of developments, namely, the events leading up to Hobson 1, response to Hobson 1 by the schools, Hobson II and the schools' response, and evaluation of the D.C. Public Schools implementation of Hobson II, and recommendations for further efforts toward achieving equal educational opportunity in the schools, are some of the topics discussed in the seven sections constituting this study. They are arranged as follows: introduction, the setting, events on the road to equalization, the management of implementation, resource allocation in selected D.C. Schools, a case study (1971-74), alternatives, and concluding remarks. A critique of this report prepared by the Public Schools of the District of Columbia, said to highlight particular problems with this report, and to offer information clarifying some of the misleading interpretations, is attached as part of this report. (Author/AM)