Busing wasn't "school choice" allowing motivated black kids to go to suburban schools if they could get there. Under busing [[and my kids went through this in Prince George County, Virginia), they would take an elementary school in the predominately black area and pair it with a school in the predominately white area. The black school would become 1-2-3 grades and the white school would become 4-5-6 grades. Thus, a school like Hosmer Elementary in Detroit would be paired with a school like North Hill Elementary in Rochester. Half the students in the North Hill District in Rochester would be bused down to Hosmer in Detroit and half the kids in the Hosmer district would be bused up to North Hill. Lots of bus riding to fulfill the strange idea that neither black children nor white children can learn in a non-diverse classroom [[the same people point out how wonderful Finland's schools are).
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