This is the record of a series of Congressional subcommittee hearings on the progress, problems, and effectiveness of desegregation efforts in public schools. Included are statements and testimonies of educators, social scientists, legal scholars, public officials, and parents on the relative advantages and disadvantages of various desegregation methods; the effects of school desegregation on educational programs, academic achievement, housing patterns, and white flight; methods of implementing desegregation plans; and related issues. Descriptions of actual experiences with school desegregation in different communities, the results of research, and journal and newspaper articles serve to provide background information and to support statements concerning the effects of and public attitudes toward school desegregation. Discussions among subcommittee members and witnesses are recorded verbatim. (MJL)