In an interview with the editor of HSJ, Dr. James S. Coleman discusses changes in the values, attitudes, and beliefs of adolescents since the late 1950s. He also discusses the report he authored, the Coleman Report of 1966; court legislation; busing and its effect on achievement; and educational research. (KC)

Examines the educational implications of two positions of academic moral philosophy--that of liberty versus equality, with particular focus on school finance and school desegregation. (Author/AM)

The author takes the positions expressed in two recent books on moral philosophy and relates them to two vital education issues--busing and finance. The equality position begins with an image of a set of benefits held by a central authority and asks the question: How shall these benefits be distributed? The inequality position begins with an image…

In this paper, the author analyzes what has happened since 1954 in the area of school integration and suggests what he feels are appropriate policies for the future. He identifies two major changes that have affected school integration since 1954--a change in residential patterns that has increased segregation in recent years, and a change in the…