In this article, two responses to Diane Ravitch's article, "The "White Flight' Controversy," contained in the Spring issue of The Public Interest, are presented. (AM)

If it is impossible to measure the precise impact of school desegregation on "white flight", it is equally insupportable to claim that there is no effect whatever. Court ordered busing may be the primary stimulus for white flight, but it is impossible to prove that it is the reason for family decisions to remove children from urban…

The experience of Detroit with community control is less well known but is considered important. Here the central issue was formed and resolved with unusual clarity, the issue being whether community control is compatible with racial integration; the unequivocal answer in Detroit was "No." (DM)

Reviews the history and achievement of Dumbar High School, which was for a period of 85 years (1870-1955) an academically elite, all-black public high school in Washington, D.C., most of whose graduates went on to college; and explores the implications for educational planning of the impact of integration policies on it. (JM)

Discusses developments in school integration from the early 1960's to the present, concludes that all that can be done on the national level is to distribute money and establish minimum standards. "Beyond that, Washington can only encourage state and local educators, working within their own political frameworks, to indentify the best way of…

David Armor's "The Evidence on Busing" presented a distorted and incomplete review of this politically charged topic. We respect Armor's right to publish his views against "mandatory busing." But we challenge his claim that these views are supported by scientific evidence. A full discussion of our reading of the relevant…

Thomas Pettigrew and his associates have missed the essential point of my study. The essential requirement for sound reasoning on this matter is observance of the distinction among the findings of science, the results of policy, and the dictates of law or morality. I studied the results of existing policies of induced school integration (all of…

The development of school integration programs throughout the country has made possible a test of the hypothesis that school integration enhances black achievement, aspirations, self-esteem, race relations, and opportunities for higher education. The programs reviewed here have two important characteristics that may limit ability to their being…