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The prognosis for South Boston High School this fall is guarded. Three years after the start of court-ordered busing to integrate Boston's public schools, there are some signs that the racial tensions that turned Southie High into an armed camp may be beginning to abate. The fights are...
The unique school day that the Thomson Education Center provides these inner-city kids represents a clear break with the educational past of this historic island. One of the first areas settled in New England, Thomson's Island served as the site of a farm and trade school from the...
"What good will busing an underpriveleged white kid from a bad school in South Boston to a bad school in Roxbury and busing an underpriveleged black kid from a bad school in Roxbury to a bad school in South Boston do for the kids or the city?"
As a result of the busing order imposed on Boston, the quality of education dropped. The tax rate jumped $56, making it the highest in the United States. Racial tensions increased to alarming levels. Moreover, according to studies of the first two years of busing, court guidelines for desegragation could...
The question now is, "What must be done to correct the system?" Some observers feel that a school committee and city council elected by districts and a new mayor will solve the problem. The School Committee, however, does not run the schools; the court-appointed experts do. The City Council...