This paper describes a project designed to provide educational decisionmakers with projections of and forecasts about future metropolitan conditions and problems, and information about the implications of alternative ways of solving metropolitan problems. Project components included (1) population and economic projections and forecasts, (2) financial implications of these projections, (3) consideration of organizational alternatives, and (4) a plan for construction of racially integrated middle schools in Buffalo, New York, and the exploration of the possibilities of metropolitan educational parks. (LLR)