This paper explores the complex issues involved in school desegregation policy and describes the trends in major Supreme Court desegregation cases through the late 1970s. The result of the Court's decision in "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka" was ambiguous at best. Segregation was found to deny equal protection of the laws since it…

Reviews the attempt of the Rochester (New York) City Schools to establish a program of community involvement and information on three different occasions when specific integration proposals were being discussed. (Author/JM)

Discusses the busing controversy, the increasing demand for community control of schools, and the general discontent with the public school system through an analysis of school desegregation in Chicago. (Author)

This paper describes costs and effects in the design and operation of linkage mechanisms in complex systems and changing environments. (LN)

During the school year 1970-71, the schools of Pasadena, California were desegregated by Federal court order. The effect of busing on the housing market is explored. (CB)

Examines the differential impact of enforcement efforts by the Departments of Justice and Health, Education, and Welfare to implement equal educational opportunity policy in four southern states between 1968 and 1974. Patterns of deviation from the ideal are at least partially attributable to the enforcement agency. Reasons are suggested for the…

As an alternative to legal desegregation by mandatory busing which breeds fear and disruption, the author proposes that we adopt a new philosophy of education for integration, creating a cultural mentality whereby children are taught to think of themselves as integrated beings, regardless of where they live. (Author/SJL)

Examines the growth of equitable relief in school desegregation cases and the impact of the Supreme Court's doctrine delimiting the role of lower federal courts when they exercise equity jurisdiction in civil rights cases. Available from Business Manager, University of Dayton Law Review, 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469. (Author/IRT)

Busing is not effective in promoting school integration. The only way to achieve school integration is through equal funding to all schools. (Author/MC)

The role of the home economics department in desegregating Lake Clifton High School (Baltimore, Maryland) by conducting a human relations campaign and other activities is described. (TA)

To provide a school choice program for purely political reasons is reprehensible. The St. Louis (Missouri) model, based on a court-approved desegregation settlement, has demonstrated that citizen commitment and adequate funding can create a successful, equitable program. (MLH)

Every high-achieving high school has parents and teachers who wish their student populations were more ethnically varied. When elite public high schools open their borders to less advantaged students, the gains can be significant. The Voluntary Ethnic Enrollment Program (VEEP) at La Jolla (California) High is described, along with other states' A…

Background/Context: There is much literature that examines how the desegregation literature had implications for majority teachers and its impact on students of color. However, little has been written about the experiences of teachers of color working in suburban desegregated majority schools. Focus of Study: This article examines how intergroup…

Critically examines James S. Coleman's stated views on public school desegregation and public policy, asserting that the use of empirical research on the effects of desegregation to form policy on the pursuance of integration overlooks the rights blacks have as citizens to integrated public facilities, including schools. (JM)