Why The End Of Integration?

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Why The End of Integration?

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
education."

     Another reason why plans for integration stopped was that many believed
they were morally wrong. Mr. Symington, a Republican, said, " The education of
Arizona's children should not be held prisoner by a racial quota system." While
Edward Newsome feels it's just patronizing to blacks, "that the courts are so
willing to assume that anything that is predominately bla...

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