Another side to the story. (new products).Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was Press, www.yale.edu See .edu. (networking) edu - ("education") The top-level domain for educational establishments in the USA (and some other countries). E.g. "mit.edu". The UK equivalent is "ac.uk". , Book, $26.96 The Other Boston Busing Story examines Boston's METCO METCO Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity , America's longest-running desegregation busing Desegregation busing is the practice of remedying past racial discrimination in American public schools by assigning and transporting children to specific schools in an effort to counteract discriminatory school construction and district assignments. program in America. For 34 years, black children from Boston's inner city neighborhoods have been bused into more affluent, white, suburban schools. The book includes the thoughts of 65 METCO graduates, who talk about their own experiences. Nearly all of the graduates explain why this type of racial integration isn't easy, but that it's worth the effort. CIRCLE #551 FOR MORE INFORMATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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