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Why The End Of Integration? Essay, Research Paper

Why The End of Integration?

After four decades of school integration America has given up, and the

question is: “Why?”. I believe the answer is because absolutely nothing worked!

Bussing was a hassle, most magnet schools were set up for false reasons, and

everything was very costly. With everything they tried there were still no

significant changes in the test scores of the minority students. So now here we

are in the late 21st century and it can all be summed up with what Chris Hansen

of the American Civil Liberties Union in New York City believes the courts are

saying, “We still agree with the goal of school desegregation, but it’s too hard,

and we’re tired of it, and we give up.”

It all started with Brown v. Board of Education saying “Separate

educational facilities are inherently unequal.” There began a plan to

desegregate public schools across America. The first plan was bussing when Swann

v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education stated that federal courts could

order bussing to desegregate schools. However in most cases bussing became much

more of a hassle than a helper. There were many revolts from parents making

situations even more horrible. Most students wanted to go to their neighborhood

schools and not be bussed for long trips to attend a ‘better’ school. In Seattle

the school board unanimously voted to “avoid race-based school assignment and

increase enrollment in schools closer to home.”(Lilly) The busing plan was not

working and soon many schools were trying to deactivate this maneuver. “There is

evidence that federal courts are realizing that the 25-year-old policy of busing

to achieve racial balance in schools has not worked as a means for ending

segregation or improving the academic performance of minority students.”(NCPA)

Busing did not work out as planned; scores for minority students were not higher

and neither was their happiness. Peter Schmidt opinion is that “after seeing

some districts’ labyrinthine busing maps, that mandating the integration of

classrooms has cost a good number of students any chance of a fair and quality

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