This paper reviews the neighborhood school concept, an idea which has been discussed and debated in America for 200 years. According to the paper, historically, the neighborhood school has lost its position as a viable means of carrying out the necessary educational functions. At the same time, the neighborhood school concept has been used as a…

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)

Evidence suggests that desegregation resulted in changes in attitudes of black and white children who attended predominantly black schools before the school boundary changes. (Author/AM)

Analysis of the responses indicates that while parents continue to debate school integration, a majority of school students themselves not only are ready to accept integrated schools but say they would prefer them. (Author/AM)

Examines some of the problems connected with "busing" and school integration, looks at the procedures used in carrying out desegregation, and suggests why some desegregation plans have been successful while some are not. (Author/RK)

A variety of reasons for why court-ordered desegregation and bussing did not trigger massive white flight from the Charlotte Mecklenburg school system are given. (Author/AM)

The authors present their own body of evidence in critical opposition to the analyses of David Armor. (DM)

For ten years, 1962-1972, the writer served as assistant superintendent in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, public schools. The views expressed here are drawn from this background of experience. (Author/CB)

However difficult desegregation may have been, and however distant full integration may still be, many Southern school systems have moved far enough in that direction to realize that the past is dead, and some of them may be beginning to see total equity as an asset to be prized. (Author)