Parent and community participation in an exciting magnet program has allowed Tucson (Arizona) to desegregate its school system without an undue amount of disruption. (Author)

The Milwaukee School System responded to a court finding of segregation by structuring a program of community involvement to help in the task of planning and implementing school desegregation. The city-wide planning group came to be called the Committee of 100. The central thesis of this paper is that the quality of community involvement is not…

This report describes the activities undertaken by the City of Philadelphia School District during its voluntary desegregation preimplementation orientation and training year (1977-1978). School District activities are described in five areas: staff development, community involvement, dissemination, funding, and the movement of pupils. Appended to…

The Metropolitan Planning Project of Greater Boston (Massachusetts) was established in 1974 to promote voluntary collaboration between urban and suburban elementary and secondary school systems for the elimination of racial and ethnic student isolation. This report examines programs that have emerged under the plan, describes the demographic and…

Three magnet middle schools which were established as part of a voluntary desegregation plan in a school system in a large, American city are described in this report. The schools are examined as organizations that differed in their innovative educational approaches to bring about desegregation. One school offered a system of open education, in…