U.S.A. Massachusetts. Boston. 1975. Street debate on forced busing in the Boston area. (PAR167869)

Article: Study Calls Forced Busing National Failure
New Pittsburgh Courier;  May 17, 1997 ;     544 words ...Study Calls Forced Busing National Failure Pittsburgh, along ... the nation, have discovered that forced busing is not a solution to low academic ... Allegheny Institute staff report, "Forced Busing: A Pittsburgh and National Failure ...

Article: Why Forced Busing Has Failed
The Educational Forum;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Why Forced Busing Has Failed Forced to Fail: The Paradox ... Desegregation is an impassioned argument that forced busing has been a disaster for everyone ... showing the detrimental effects of forced busing by relentlessly presenting a two ...

Article: On the Bus: A Novel of Families Trapped by Forced ...
The Beacon Hill Times;  October 5, 2004 ;     534 words ... ... segregated, mandating a program of forced busing that ignited simmering racial tensions ... Bus: A Novel of Families Trapped by Forced Busing," immerses the reader in Boston ... On the Bus" vividly illustrates how forced busing coupled with the turbulent social and ...

Article: `Forced Busing' families take similar route to ...
The Boston Herald;  November 14, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Silverstein "On the Bus: A Novel of Families Trapped by Forced Busing" by Kimberly Scott (Martin and Lawrence Press, $14 ... symbolizing the era. The book's subtitle, "Families Trapped by Forced Busing," makes the novel's agenda apparent. The idealism behind ...

Article: After detours and disappointments, forced busing ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  September 26, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... available seats in the local school, the bus is mandatory. Forced busing, the explosive civil-rights issue of the 1960s and '70s ... budget now under debate in Madison deals with the end of forced busing in the Milwaukee Public Schools, shining a spotlight on ...

Article: SCHOOL BOARD ABOLISHES CONTROVERSIAL FORCED BUSING ...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  November 21, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... reasons related to shortages of space. ``We've been doing forced busing for a number of years. They just told us, `We'll stop ... school districts around the nation, Seattle implemented forced busing without being ordered to do so by the courts. The district ...

Article: PG creeps closer to end of forced ...
The Washington Times;  March 6, 1998 ;     700+ words ... ... officials say they need to build the 16 new schools and end the forced busing. Board member and Gov. Parris N. Glendening is still keeping ... Curry and Mr. Thornton signed an agreement Thursday to end forced busing in the county. The agreement asks the governor to budget ...