Scholars who agree on a list of conclusions from past integration studies disagree on three central issues: (1) the size of the positive educational impact of desegregation; (2) the psychological effects of desegregation; and, (3) what the proper governmental response to the existing evidence about busing should be. (JM)

The first of the two parts of this article analyzes the overall situation preceding the desegregation on January 23, 1973 of the school system of Prince Georges County, Maryland; the second part is an interview with Mrs. Greta Henry, the principal in a black school. (JM)