The transportation of students by bus to schools outside their neighborhood, often used to integrate schools by race.
From 'bus' (short for omnibus, Latin for 'for all') + '-ing' suffix. The practice emerged in the 1960s-70s as a desegregation policy in the United States.
Busing became one of the most contentious social policies in American history—the 1974 Boston busing crisis sparked riots and revealed deep divisions about integration and community control of schools.
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