Running Head: BUSING STUDENTS TO CMS SCHOOLS

Annotated References

Fullwood, S., III. (2015, September 4). Charlotte's shame: the return of racially segregated
schools. Newsweek Magazine. Retrieved from: http://www.newsweek.com/charlottes-shamereturn-racially-segregated-schools-368826
Annotation: This news article emphasizes on the importance of public support to end the
unequal outcomes for students in schools. Many of CMS schools today have students from lowincome families and half of the schools are isolated by race - hypersegregation. Busing is
difficult and unpopular for it burdened the students from poorer neighborhoods who endured the
longest bus rides.

Helms, A. D. (2015, October 29). What does it mean when we talk about busing in CMS? The
Charlotte Observer. Retrieved from
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/education/your-schools-blog/article41716920.html
Annotation: Students do not have to be driven for hours to get to school when they could be
spending that time in a classroom, learning. Most of the students who have to go through those
busing systems are those who suffer from poverty and hunger, and children who suffer from
these issues dont get to perform as well as others in school who get dropped off by their parents.

Griffin, A. (2010). Learn NC. The impact of busing in Charlotte. School Desegregation Website.
UNC Chapel Hill. Retrieved from: http://www.learnnc.org/lp/editions/nchist-postwar/6018

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Annotation: By interacting with others, students will be able to broaden their knowledge and
opportunities desegregating. Being exposed to cultures outside of their own will be beneficial
to their developing opportunities and in the society.

Lord, J. D. (1975). School busing and white abandonment of public schools. Southeastern
Geographer, 15(2), 81-92.
Annotation: School busing is a national concern and racially segregated schools are still
lingered. White public school enrollment declines and more percentages of states white students
were in private schools. Whites appear more willing to integrate with blacks in schools located in
white neighborhoods than to be bused to schools located in black residential areas.

Mickelson, R. A. (2001). Subverting Swann: First-and second-generation segregation in the

Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools. American Educational Research Journal, 38(2), 215-252.
Annotation: North Carolina district used mandatory busing to desegregate its schools and author
provides negative effects of segregation on academic achievement.

United States Courts. History- Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment. (n.d.). Retrieved from
http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-boardeducation-re-enactment

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Annotation: US Courts history that basically summarizes the history of Brown v. Board of
Education and the Plessy decision. This site will be used as reference in my paper when talking
about the history perspective and the Brown v. Board of Education.