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At the heart of the school busing controversy is a basic question: Does integration provide better education? Until recently the answer-officially, atleast-was yes. There have always been skeptics, however, and last week a gloomy new study raised serious doubts. Harvard Sociologist David J. Armor, reporting on surveys of...
Armor was quick to acknowledge the limitations of his work. "It is difficult," he wrote, "to make comparisons and generalizations when data are derived from different studies." Armor drew on his own study of Metco, a voluntary busing program involving Boston and 28 suburbs, plus independent reports over varying time...
Senate finally pass the $18.5 billion higher-education bill-including an amendment to postpone any court-ordered busing for racial "balance" until Jan. 1, 1974, or until appeals have been exhausted-the Armor report was bound to stir controversy. At the very least, it strengthened antibusing forces in the House...
Who is he? The Organization Man, that's who. You want populism! The organization speaks populism. You want liberalism? The organization speaks liberalism. You want busing? The organization speaks busing. You don't want busing? The organization speaks alternatives. You want peace? The organization speaks peace.
Scatter-site housing is almost as thorny a problem as busing. The antagonists are principally the same: whites protecting their hard-won privileges v. blacks trying to break out of the ghetto. In a bizarre twist of principle, a group of Chicagoans has brought suit in U.S. district court to...