Suggests that from the beginning a central problem with the separate but equal doctrine has been that once separation is assured, the dominant white society rarely feels any need to make even a pretense of equality. (Author/AM)

Study investigates disparities in per pupil resources at the school and classroom level rather than state and district. Data indicates that intra-school and inter-school (within a district) variations are as large as and in some cases larger than inter-district variation. (Author/AM)

Notes that the use of private resources, their range, extent, and effect on equal educational opportunity have not been considered during the course of most of the court cases that challenge existing school finance formulas or allocation of instructional resources or for desegregating the public schools. (Author/AM)