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bus·ing

or bus·sing (bŭs′ĭng)

The transportation of schoolchildren by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially as a means of achieving racial integration.

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busing

(ˈbʌsɪŋ) or

bussing

1. the practice of transporting by bus

2. (Sociology) US the transporting (of children) by bus from one area to a school in another esp, in the US, to create racially integrated classes

3. (Education) US the transporting (of children) by bus from one area to a school in another esp, in the US, to create racially integrated classes

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bus•ing

or bus•sing

(ˈbʌs ɪŋ)

n.

the transporting of students by bus to public schools outside their neighborhoods.

[1960–65, Amer.]

Translations

busing

[ˈbʌsɪŋ] n → ramassage m scolaire (pour combattre la ségrégation)

References in periodicals archive ?

Forced busing was one of the primary tools used by civil rights attorneys and activist to integrate the schools.

Supreme Court decision authorized "forced busing" in Charlotte, North Carolina, making a national issue of court-ordered busing to achieve integration.

The question of desegregation: where do we go from here?

But since most of Evanston's neighborhoods don't reflect that level of diversity, it's unlikely the school district could achieve integration without busing and custom-made attendance areas.

The costs of integration: for two generations, Evanston has worked to ensure racial diversity in its elementary schools. But some parents are starting to wonder whether black students have really benefited

Common Ground is a very long, dense, richly detailed account of the first two years of busing in Boston in the mid-seventies, told by interweaving the public events with the stories of three families, one poor black, one poor white, and one upper-middle-class white liberal.