California schools are the nation’s most segregated, despite voluntary busing programs

According to CalMatters, California's public schools rank as the most segregated in the nation—and decades of voluntary busing programs haven't reversed that. In a new commentary, Vesta Kassayan argues the persistence of segregation is less about individual choices and more about the lines on the map: district boundaries themselves, the piece contends, are a major reason schools remain divided even after years of desegregation efforts.

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