This article summarizes African Americans' ongoing struggle for quality education in Milwaukee, Wisconsin by utilizing school district data and secondary sources. The historic integration effort in the Milwaukee Public Schools system is outlined and the impact of sustained segregation, in the midst of significant changes to Milwaukee's social and…

Interdistrict cooperation could do much to alleviate the inequality that now characterizes much of American education. To move toward greater metropolitanism in education, it will be necessary to develop programs that will reduce fragmentation within and among the major social systems of the metropolitan area. (Author)