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6. Busing led to things like school choice, school vouchers, home schooling, charter schools...

Fri Jul 5, 2019, 12:01 AM

Jul 2019

Being told where your children had to attend school resulted in a series of alternatives for parents who rejected what they felt was government intrusion and overreach. These options also created the illusion parents could get their kids out of failing schools instead of resorting to busing. Such programs diverted limited funds available to public schools, making bad schools worse, and created another form of segregation.

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Harris vs. Biden equals two flops [View all] Galraedia Jul 2019 OP

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