The 'desegregation' of English schools

The 'desegregation' of English schools

by Olivier Esteves
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 21/12/2018

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Dispersal, or ‘bussing’, was introduced in England in the early-1960s after white parents expressed concerns that the sudden influx of non-Anglophone South Asian children was holding back their own children’s education. It consisted in sending busloads of mostly Asian children to predominantly white suburban schools in an effort to ‘spread the burden’ and to promote linguistic and cultural integration. Although seemingly well-intentioned, dispersal proved a failure: it was based on racial identity rather than linguistic deficiency and ultimately led to an increase in segregation, as bussed pupils were daily confronted with racial bullying in dispersal schools. This is the first ever book on English bussing, based on an in-depth study of local and national archives, alongside interviews with formerly-bussed pupils decades later.

ISBN:
9781526124876
9781526124876
Category:
Society & social sciences
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
21-12-2018
Language:
English
Publisher:
Manchester University Press

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