Election could change busing policy for schools in N.C. district
A school board election today in North Carolina's Wake County has become a referendum on school busing and integration, with the expected results set to create a majority in favor of returning the county to a system of neighborhood schools for the first time since the 1970s. According to this newspaper analysis, neighborhoods in the county have become racially diverse but are still divided by income, leaving some opponents of the possible policy change worried about the potential negative effects on schools in poorer neighborhoods.
News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.), The
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This story published in ASCD SmartBrief on 11/03/2009
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