Discusses the social and legal implications of the situation in which Detroit has been placed by the Supreme Court decision that lower federal courts could not involve white suburbs in the integration of urban schools, noting that the city is still required to make changes in its public schools in order to overcome racial discrimination. (JM)

The Flint public school system, Michigan's second largest, has adopted an aggressive magnet school plan but the project has fallen short of ending segregation in the city's classrooms. (Author/AM)

Concludes that after 7 years and countless hours in court, Detroit public school children continue to await complete desegregation and an improved education program. (Author/AM)