THE OFFICIAL TASK OF THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON RACIAL IMBALANCE WAS TO DETERMINE IF RACIAL IMBALANCE EXISTS, IF IT EXISTS, TO DETERMINE IF RACIAL IMBALANCE IS EDUCATIONALLY HARMFUL, AND IF HARMFUL, TO RECOMMEND WAYS OF ELIMINATING IT. IN ANSWER TO THE FIRST ASPECT OF THIS COMMITTEE CHARGE, A SCHOOL CENSUS IN MARCH, 1964 REVEALED THAT RACIAL…

A HANDBOOK HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR REPORTERS WHO ARE COVERING THE DESEGREGATION OF ATLANTA PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO INFORM THE PRESS OF THE EFFORTS MADE BY CITIZENS IN THE FIGHT TO KEEP PUBLIC SCHOOLS OPEN. A MAJOR PORTION OF THE GUIDE IS DEVOTED TO A DETAILED, CHRONOLOGICAL ACCOUNT OF THE BACKGROUND PERIOD (1954-61) LEADING TO SCHOOL…

A discussion of the fiscal impact of court-ordered desegregation on the Milwaukee (Wisconsin) public schools delineates the conditions and costs for the program from 1976 to 1979. The court order affected 75 percent of the district's students. In response the school district established a number of specialty schools and provided for the busing of…

Segregated housing and school attendance boundaries contributed to significant racial segregation in Waterloo, Iowa's public schools. In 1967, 81% of white students attended schools that were at least 90% white, and 30% of the black students attended schools at least 90% minority. Although 11 of the 33 Waterloo schools had black students, 66% of…

The only way that a program of school desegregation can be successfully implemented is with strong community participation. Boards of Education must develop policies to provide quality education in a culturally pluralistic society. Through community education, the school sytem can look at the total community in terms of its needs, wants, problems,…

According to the author, people who favor compulsory assignment of children to schools on the basis of race base their position on the assumptions that Americans will make no progress toward an integrated society except under compulsion, and that the proof of an integrated society is the even distribution of minorities throughout society. In this…

To help school districts with the task of assigning students to schools in order to achieve desegregation, the Illinois Institute of Technology has developed a system involving the use of planning techniques and computer technology that greatly simplifies the school district's job. The key features of the system are objectivity, minimum…

The part played by guidance counselors in assisting in the desegregation process has been rather obscure. In order to understand the arena in which guidance specialists have been operating, three kinds of concerns are reviewed. First of all, the background and practices that surround the desegregation notion are presented. The counselor image is…

Focuses on identifying policies and practices that may have been crucial to successful implementation of the Houston plan or may have contributed notably to it, and describes several interrelated issues in urban education raised in the course of establishing the magnet school program. (Author/IRT)

A new study suggests that White flight from big city schools is substantial, and significantly linked to court-ordered busing. (Editor)

The King School in Dorchester, Massachusetts has come from being an educational basket case to succeeding in the remarkable feat of attracting and holding a city-wide population of students. (Author/AM)

This article concludes that the fight for equitable desegregation in Fort Wayne has just begun, the inner city black community continues to work for it, and the ultimate outcome is unpredictable. (Author/AM)

This article analyzes the role of the Committee of 100, a vehicle created by the Milwaukee school board to provide active leadership from the community in the formulation and implementation of a desegregation plan. (Author/AM)

It is noted that Dallas' success with the busing of some children for the purpose of integration is because only some students from some districts are bused for only a few years. (Author/AM)

Successful, or at least nonviolent, strategy for school desegregation depends upon the city's social and political structure. Mayors should plan school desegregation policy as part of a total approach to urban renewal. (Author/GC)