Desegregating Newark schools also means packing kids onto a bus each morning for a long bus ride. Then a long bus ride home. And if a parent needs to be there,

Desegregating Newark schools also means packing kids onto a bus each morning for a long bus ride. Then a long bus ride home. And if a parent needs to be there, it's no longer a walk to the neighborhood school, but more likely a trip on public transit. I'd prefer just giving each poor school an extra $5000 per pupil per year, directly to the principal or the parent/teacher group.