Studies which are relevant to the experiences of children in segregated and desegregated schools are reviewed and evaluated in this edition, including those completed by 1969. For purposes of the study segregation is defined as a socially patterned separation of people; desegregation as the abolition of social practices that bar equal access to…

Examined and evaluated are studies which are relevant to the experience of children in desegregated schools. The chapters in the volume are concerned with desegregation and academic achievement, aspirations and self concept, the student in school and in his family, and non-Negro minorities. Also included is a chapter devoted to the "Equal…