In 1977, a series of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards (FMVSS) for school buses became effective, mandating different performance standards for school buses compared to other buses. Because data on the crash performance of school buses built to these standards were lacking, the National Transportation Safety Board conducted a series of…

Presents some findings from an analysis of contemporary literature which picked out indications of the progress that busing for racial integration has made toward improving the quality of public education. (Author/WM)

A rebuttal of a negative evaluation of busing programs published by David Armor, which focuses on the methodological shortcomings of an investigation of a voluntary busing program in metropolitan Boston called METCO done by Armor. (JM)

Discusses implications of the reanalyses for Fayette County, Kentucky, school system policy making. Focuses on the issues of desegregation and busing. (Author/JF)

Illustrates the extent to which an insensitive administrative policy can disrupt the educational process and inhibit the development of viable learning situations with the case of an experimental social studies class observed during the first half of the school year 1969-70. (Author/JM)

A description of the process and outcomes of the integration of two high schools in St. Petersburg, Florida, by a reporter for the St. Petersburg Times, which granted permission to reprint his series of three articles. (JM)

Contends that the primary question in busing of school children is the neighborhood school and whether it should be continued, returned, or discarded. (DM)

Contends that busing is a Cover Issue'' which ill-conceals a school crisis arising out of the social function of the American school--to train all children to accept and function in a social order which is oppressive and racist. (DM)

Reports observations and conversations with teachers, parents, students and others involved in Boston's Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunities (METCO) busing program. (DM)

Article reports the detailed findings of the Boston METCO study of the effects of busing on black students, and those of several other comparable studies. (RJ)

In spite of legislative and political problems, it is documented that in major cities which have partially or wholly desegregated an encouraging picture is emerging. (DM)

Sets forth ways of equalizing educational opportunity in public schools so as to avert two separate societies,'' and evaluates metropolitan approaches to the problem. (DM)

A report of problems and progress of the desegregation plan being implemented in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. (DM)