That so much of the task of desegregation still lies ahead, coupled with the realization that desegregation has not fulfilled expectations, suggests it is time for a reconsideration of the assumptions influencing the present approaches. (Author/AM)

Scholars who agree on a list of conclusions from past integration studies disagree on three central issues: (1) the size of the positive educational impact of desegregation; (2) the psychological effects of desegregation; and, (3) what the proper governmental response to the existing evidence about busing should be. (JM)

The first of the two parts of this article analyzes the overall situation preceding the desegregation on January 23, 1973 of the school system of Prince Georges County, Maryland; the second part is an interview with Mrs. Greta Henry, the principal in a black school. (JM)

Reports the results of a national survey conducted for the Commission on Civil Rights, which found that the public does not know much about the school busing to which it is supposedly so vehemently opposed, and that that lack of knowledge affects where it stands on the issue. (Author/JM)

Discusses the substance and implications of the recent United States Supreme Court decisions on two cases considered jointly: School Board of the City of Richmond, Virginia, et al. vs. State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia et al.; and Carolyn Bradley et al. vs. State Board of Education of the Commonwealth of Virginia et al. (JM)