Not exact matches
The district argues that busing is no longer a viable means
of desegregation in the district, which is now 80
percent minority.
In the 34 districts under federal
desegregation orders, 74
percent of LSP transfers enhance integration in the sending schools.
Rivkin finds that black students» likelihood
of exposure to white students in 2012 was 27
percent, compared to 36
percent in the 1980s when serious
desegregation efforts were underway (see Figure 1a below).
When considering only the districts that are under federal
desegregation orders, 74
percent of the transfers improved integration at the sending school.
Again, when we break out our results by race, we find that nearly 90
percent of African American transfers improve
desegregation in their sending schools.