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387 | Richard Kahlenberg: Class-Based Solutions to America's Housing and Education Problems

The Realignment

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The Failures of the 70s Racial Civil Rights Policy

In the South, busing for racial desegregation had very positive effects. But in much of the country, it didn't. People with means just left the public schools or moved to a suburb that was not part of the busing. And so I spent 20-30 years working on efforts to use public school choice. The life chances of a young person are determined in large part by neighborhood.

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