A Desegregation Commission's monitoring strategy is described. It addresses the goal of gathering and evaluating information in order to assure the constitutionally guaranteed educational equity in the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools under that system's desegregation plan. The monitoring strategy would focus on the following five areas: (1)…

The interim findings of a citizen commission charged with monitoring the implementation of the Chicago (Illinois) Public School desegregation plan are presented. The first of four sections of the report describes the context for the monitoring effort, including legal suits against the school systems in the 1960s and the events and legal decisions…