This testimony, before a public hearing of the New York City Commission on Human Rights in May 1974, focuses on the demographic changes in the City of New York and expressly tries to point out some of the areas relevant to integration and its applicability in New York City over the next 10 to 20 years. (Author/JM)

Race has virtually no biological significance, but misuse of the biological concept of race continues today. (Author/ND)

This legal case may answer some questions for lawyers on the limits to which desegregation may be carried under the backing of the Brown decision, yet it raises several specific questions that educators and educational researchers ought to address concerning factors that contribute to effective integration. (AM)

Discusses Bijlmermeer, a suburb of Amsterdam, where the complex problems of integrating native Dutch citizens with immigrant Dutch citizens exist in large measure, and problems of integrated education are present: there has been a great influx of natives from Surinam to Holland, since the date for the complete independence of Surinam was set for…

After briefly reviewing the formation of current Department of Health, Education and Welfare policy, discusses Florida's desegregation status, activities of HEW's Office of Civil Rights, the formulation and progress of the Florida desegregation plan, the projected role of Florida A. and M., and, the problem of maintaining Black enrollment. (JM)

The history and current nature of local race relations work in Britain are reviewed in this paper. The development from voluntary local committees in the 1950s through the establishment of the national Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) in 1976 is traced. It is shown that the functions of local work have changed from those of information,…

This book examines the philosophical issues, possible variations, and implementation of voucher plans of educational choice. The voucher system proposed here (the Quality Choice Model) is based on the assumption that a voucher system can ensure the equal provision of educational resources to children regardless of residential mobility or ability…

The state of Washington is moving towards the assumption of the full costs of public school student transportation. This move has increased interest at the state level in transportation costs originating at the local district level. These costs have been relatively high in the Seattle school district, complicated by the city's geographic and…

This booklet commemorates the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Supreme Court Brown v Board of Education of Topeka decision through a series of contemporary commentaries. The historical foundations of the decision as well as advances in civil rights and school desegregation since 1954 are discussed and new priorities for the advancement of civil…

THE BALTIMORE CITY SCHOOLS IN 1956 ADOPTED AS SCHOOL POLICY THE SUPREME COURT DECISION ON SEGREGATION. THE PURPOSES OF THIS STUDY WERE (1) TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAS BEEN THE EFFECT OF THESE LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICIES AND (2) THE REASONS FOR FAILURE TO ATTAIN THE IDEALS OF THE LAW AND SCHOOL POLICY. A DESEGREGATED SCHOOL WAS DEFINED AS ONE…

STATISTICAL DATA WAS COMPILED FROM A DETAILED STUDY IN ONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYSTEM OF CLASS COMPOSITIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS OF ABILITIES, AND ACHIEVEMENT BY RACES. PROCEDURES USED IN CARRYING OUT THE STUDY AND MAKING THE ANALYSES ARE OUTLINED. ALL OF THE STATISTICAL DATA IS SUMMARIZED IN A SERIES OF TABLES. BASED ON THIS DATA, SEVERAL CONCLUSIONS CAN…