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Chitown Kev

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4. California wasn't the only place

Reply to Demovictory9 (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 4, 2019, 11:00 PM

Jul 2019

After the Milliken v. Bradley decision, Detroit opened up a couple of magnet schools in addition to the two that they already had...I graduated from one of those newer magnet schools.

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Great post.. thx!! Thekaspervote Jul 2019 #1

California created "magnet schools" in the late 70s. They still exist. specialty schools (Science, Demovictory9 Jul 2019 #2

California wasn't the only place Chitown Kev Jul 2019 #4

chicago did too. the system is pretty open now. we still bus kids but mopinko Jul 2019 #7

I know people that do that...I live in Evanston Chitown Kev Jul 2019 #8

eth has a real problem, from what i know. mopinko Jul 2019 #9

That's true, too... Chitown Kev Jul 2019 #10

i think all in all, it contributed to the solution, but also delayed it. mopinko Jul 2019 #11

What worked was that localities were allowed to drag their feet. Biden played a part. eom Hoyt Jul 2019 #3

The busing in Berkeley worked. They have adjusted their plan over the decades, pnwmom Jul 2019 #5

Busing led to things like school choice, school vouchers, home schooling, charter schools... sop Jul 2019 #6

Busing may have seemed the right thing to do back then, but equal opportunity goes much further. YOHABLO Jul 2019 #12