The Public Interest

Integration and Local Politics

Neal Devins

Fall 1983

THE issue of race still troubles many of America’s schools. Are students better off in neighborhood schools? Do magnet” schools-those which specialize in vocational training or advanced studies-attract a representative cross-section of students? Should a school system focus on educational achievement or racial distribution?  And how should a system respond to minority-group opposition to busing?

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