Busing Worked in Louisville. So Why Are Its Schools Becoming More Segregated?

Busing Worked in Louisville. So Why Are Its Schools Becoming More Segregated?

But if Louisville is proof that busing can work when there is the political will to have an integrated school system, its community is now grappling with what happens when that political will starts to dry up. These tensions — coming at a time when the nation is once again battling over the effectiveness of school integration — are the latest development in a series of changes that, in recent decades, have steadily chipped away at Louisville’s original integration plan.