In a factory city that responded explosively to bused integration, author finds the system working and the children happy." (Editor)

This paper is based on a compilation of the first two phases of longitudinal research on desegregation effects now being conducted in the Kalamazoo Public Schools. The purpose of the Phase I study was to obtain baseline data during the spring of 1971 prior to the desegregation of the Kalamazoo Public Schools, which was initiated in the fall of…

Pontiac schools were desegregated prior to the 1971-72 school year. Annual attitude surveys have been conducted to assess the impact of desegregation on parents, students, and staff. This report presents data on the attitudes and opinions of secondary school students concerning desegregation, school structure and climate, and interpersonal…

Measures of student satisfaction and other variables which are related to student reaction to their school are built into the design of this study, which hypothesizes that satisfaction will represent the students' global response to the learning environment, and that in turn, this global response will be related to certain performance…