The Bus Kids: Children's Experiences with Voluntary Desegregation
Ira W. Lit
Abstract
This book offers a compelling and uniquely detailed examination of the experiences of kindergarten students in California participating in a voluntary school desegregation program. It focuses on the day-to-day school life of a group of minority children bussed from their poor-performing home school district to an affluent neighboring district with high-performing schools. Through these kindergarteners' experiences, the book sensitively illuminates the processes of school transition, socialization, and adaptation, and addresses an array of important issues relating to American education. The bo ... More
Keywords: kindergarten, voluntary school, desegregation program, minority, school transition, socialization, adaptation, American education, teachers, parents
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2009 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300105797 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: October 2013 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300105797.001.0001 |
