In this paper the author takes the position that integrated schools are basic to a genuinely integrated society. Similarly, only through equal education can we offer equal opportunity to every citizen. Segregated schools, the author states, are a result of poverty and government sanctioned segregation in other areas. The most obvious of these…

According to the author, people who favor compulsory assignment of children to schools on the basis of race base their position on the assumptions that Americans will make no progress toward an integrated society except under compulsion, and that the proof of an integrated society is the even distribution of minorities throughout society. In this…

The author takes the positions expressed in two recent books on moral philosophy and relates them to two vital education issues--busing and finance. The equality position begins with an image of a set of benefits held by a central authority and asks the question: How shall these benefits be distributed? The inequality position begins with an image…

A curriculum guide for grade 8, the document is devoted to the occupational cluster "Transportation." It is divided into five units: surface transportation, interstate transportation, air transportation, water transportation, and subterranean transportation (the Metro). Each unit is introduced by a statement of the topic, the unit's…

This study is an attempt to discover what happens to students' attitudes as a result of experience in desegregated schools. In particular, the students studied were involved in a special busing program called Operation Hospitality, which was carried out by the Chicago Catholic School Board. Through this program, black grade school students from…

Cheshire, Connecticut, is currently conducting a longitudinal study of the effectiveness of Project Concern, in which children from the urban ghettos of New Haven are transported daily by bus to area suburban towns. The subjects in this study are 25 minority group children who are presently enrolled in the Cheshire schools for the second year. The…

This article attempts to contribute to the understanding of systemic racism by showing some of the subtlety and pervasiveness of this racism, primarily through an analysis of how the violence in Boston during the spring of 1976 was, and continues to be, handled. (Author/EB)

A new study suggests that White flight from big city schools is substantial, and significantly linked to court-ordered busing. (Editor)

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)

It is as vital to select and train school bus drivers as it is to place good teachers in the classroom. (Author/MLF)

The King School in Dorchester, Massachusetts has come from being an educational basket case to succeeding in the remarkable feat of attracting and holding a city-wide population of students. (Author/AM)

It is noted that Dallas' success with the busing of some children for the purpose of integration is because only some students from some districts are bused for only a few years. (Author/AM)

Among the myths that are discussed are the effects of desegregation/integration on violence, finances, achievement, self confidence, quality education, neighborhood schools, and white flight. (Author/AM)

The purposes of this study were to assess the effects on academic achievement of (1) student busing status, (2) student ethnicity, and (3) the interaction between ethnicity and busing status. (Author/AM)

Notes major developments in the areas of racial integration, sex discrimination, school integration, bussing, and other issues. (Author/AM)