This paper constitutes the Chicago Urban League's criticism of "Access to Excellence," the voluntary school desegregation plan proposed by the Chicago Board of Education. It is held that the plan will probably do more harm than good toward the desegregation of Chicago Public Schools. The Urban League claims that "Access to…

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…

In 1979 the United States District Court ordered the Detroit Public Schools to transfer its teachers in such a way that each school in the system would have a faculty comprised of not more than 60% of one race. In order to effect this balance, the district had to involuntarily transfer 472 teachers. This application for Emergency School Aid Act…