Argues that instead of busing schoolchildren to achieve desegregation, districts should seek ways of educating children effectively wherever they live, regardless of race. Offers suggestions for achieving this goal. (Author/WD)

Explores how since the end of segregationist policies seven years ago, there has been progress at South Africa's universities; enrollment of black students at formerly white universities has skyrocketed. Most faculty at these schools are white, however, and formerly black universities are struggling financially. (EV)

Discusses the results of an attempt in the Netherlands to establish an integrated community to house immigrants from a Dutch colony in Africa. (MK)

A description and positive assessment of the history, growth, and development of The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity (METCO), a Boston slum to suburb busing program, which is providing a successful option for black urban parents in obtaining a better education for their children. (EH)

TENNESSEE DESEGREGATION BEGAN SOON AFTER THE SUPREME COURT SCHOOL SEGREGATION DECISION IN 1954. THERE WERE SOME INSTANCES OF COMMUNITY VIOLENCE WHICH ATTRACTED NATIONAL ATTENTION, BUT THE COURT-ORDERED DESEGREGATION ACTUALLY TOOK PLACE IN EACH INSTANCE, DESPITE SCATTERED DISORDERS. DESEGREGATION EXPERIENCE IN TENNESSEE HAS BEEN UNEVEN BECAUSE OF…

EXCERPTS FROM NEWSPAPER AND MAGAZINE ARTICLES SHOW THAT THE LONG RANGE EFFECT OF THE RECENT RIOTS IN MISSISSIPPI ON THAT STATE'S ECONOMY WILL BE PROFOUND, PROLONGED AND PAINFUL. STATE OFFICIALS FIND IT HARDER TO ATTRACT NEW INDUSTRY TO THE STATE. THE RATE OF NEW PLANTS BEING BUILT HAS DECREASED. CORPORATIONS DO NOT WANT TO TAKE THE RISK OF BEING…

The election of James Carter to the presidency is a reflection of changed national attitudes toward the South, a change in large part made possible by the Civil Rights movement and an end to school desegregation. Focus on desegregation now shifts to the whole nation and particularly to the northeast. (MJB)

Suggests that the displacement of black educators has social implications that are worthy of national attention. For example, their absence from rural and urban classrooms is a sociological and economic shock. (Author/AM)

The scope of court desegregation orders depend on the nature and extent of the constitutional violation. The major desegregation cases are reviewed in terms of judgments and court-ordered solutions. In the cases of deliberate segregation over a long period of time, the liability of the school districts was high. (VM)

For nearly four decades, magnet schools have been an important element of American public school education. They have offered innovative programs not generally available in local schools and provided opportunities for students to learn in racially diverse environments. Magnet schools have been particularly important in districts that are trying to…

Reports what has happened to education in the five school districts involved in the consolidated Brown case - Topeka, Kan., Washington, D.C., Summerton, S. C., Prince Edward County, Va., and Wilmington, Del. - since the Supreme Court ruling in 1954. (RJ)