Although Americans tend to deal emotionally with the issue of school desegregation, it is largely an issue comprised of certain facts. Historically, government has played an active role in creating segregation, but segregation has a capacity to damage Black students. Busing is a safe, cheap, and necessary solution to this problem. (KH)

Makes a case for magnet schools, especially as part of desegregation efforts. Briefly describes magnet schools around the country and some of their problems. (JM)

As an alternative to legal desegregation by mandatory busing which breeds fear and disruption, the author proposes that we adopt a new philosophy of education for integration, creating a cultural mentality whereby children are taught to think of themselves as integrated beings, regardless of where they live. (Author/SJL)

Busing is not effective in promoting school integration. The only way to achieve school integration is through equal funding to all schools. (Author/MC)

Presents a partial transcript of a Congressional committee hearing at which Representative Bobbi Fiedler of California testified in favor of voluntary desegregation methods rather than mandatory busing in order to implement the goals of school desegregation and equal education in Los Angeles, California. (MJL)

Reviews a number of desegregation cases that have been litigated in Federal courts since the 1954 "Brown" decision. Outlines needs and means for providing Black children with an education adequate for participation in the country's future. (GC)

Traces the legal history of school desegregation attempts and concludes that a metropolitan remedy appears to be the least disruptive, most stabilizing, and most equitable of all the remedies proposed thus far. (MLF)

Discusses the various Supreme Court decisions that have addressed school desegregation, particularly focusing on Brown versus Board of Education. The author argues that these decisions ultimately have not benefited public schools. (GR)

Presented here are the remarks of William Bradford Reynolds, Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division at the Education Commission of the States National Project on Desegregation Strategies' Workshop. Reynolds states that mandatory busing and other remedial techniques to achieve racial balance in schools (measures tentatively sanctioned by…

Examines several obstacles to the effective use of social science research in school desegregation controversies and discusses the needs of judges, administrators, and elected officials who must make decisions concerning desegregation plans. Available from Duke University Press, Box 6697 College Station, Durham, NC 27708. (Author/IRT)

Historical overview considers the role of transportation in education before 1954, when school busing was used to improve education by consolidating rural schools and centralize effort in urban schools, and after the 1954 Supreme Court decision that racially segregated schools were inherently unequal. Different attitudes toward forced busing are…

Argues that mandatory busing, while resulting in cases of "White flight," has had positive consequences in the re-emergence of "choice" programs and magnet schools. Contends that choice programs can be expanded on intradistrict, metropolitan, and statewide levels. Suggests that Federal funding and private education should be…

Examines efforts of citizens of Los Angeles, California to implement school desegregation in the district from 1971 to 1981. Describes measures taken by the school board and anti-integrationist groups to resist desegregation, the court role in the proceedings, and the eventual failure of the desegregation movement in the area. (MJL)

The Brown v. Board of Education decision upheld a civil rights ideal that was based on the personal interests of the students; it made no requirement for a perfect racial balance in all classrooms throughout the offending school district. Yet the ensuing, forced desegregation plans that involved long-distance busing, and other measures based on…

In 1976, U.S. District Court Judge John T. Curtin issued a court order stating that the Buffalo Board of Education, the superintendent of schools, the commissioner of education, and the New York State Board of Regents were guilty of de jure segregation. This decision led to a complete restructuring of the instructional program and a racial and…