Essay On Boston Bombing Crisis

How did schools desegregate in major cities of the United States? When I came to this country, I was amazed at that fact, so many people from different ethnic backgrounds attended school together. I say this because I came from a country where there wasn’t much diversity. It’s hard to imagine that just 50 years ago people lived in a racially divided America. So how did we end the racial divide in our school system? Especially in the white dominated cities such as Boston. I decided to research on how schools integrated in Boston. I came across a topic called Boston Busing crisis. I had no knowledge of what the Boston Busing crisis was, so I decided to google it and found out that busing was a part of the United States’ federal judge Wendell …show more content…
The percentage of white students’ enrollment went from 65 percent to 28 percent. It was difficult for the students to concentrate on their education while dealing with all the commotion. According to a report present in the article, when Woodrow Wilson Elementary School, Brighton’s Alexander Hamilton School, and Dorchester’s William E. Endicott School students were given the Stanford 9, all 3 three schools came back with high majority of “poor” and “ failing scores. Even then, all of the students with “poor” and “failing” scores were promoted to the next grade. Boston Public Schools were ranked 275 out of the 279 cities in Massachusetts (Matthew). To me, this implicates that the kids did not receive a proper education and they were not in a welcoming environment. I believe in order for kids to achieve their best in school, they need a respectful and friendly environment. I do not think I can learn in a classroom where I have to constantly look over my shoulder because I do not feel safe. One teacher compared the school to a prison:” We can’t leave school; we can’t come early or on the weekends to do preparatory work. We are like prisoners. Every day when I get up, it’s like getting up to go to prison”