Michigan Education

In looking for school busing solution, Mayor Duggan confronts legacy of 1974 Supreme Court decision

Michigan Public | By Stateside Staff

Published April 5, 2018 at 4:59 PM EDT

Baugh called Duggan's proposal "a promising development" for busing in Detroit, but there's a long, complicated history at play.

Stateside's conversation with Joyce Baugh, Professor Emerita of Political Science and Public Administration at Central Michigan University.

One of the key proposals in Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan’s State of the City address last month was a new busing system that would serve both district and charter schools. The announcement brought to mind Detroit's fraught history with school busing. The city's schools – along with nearly every urban school system in the country – are still living with the legacy of the 1974 Supreme Court decision on busing in the case ofMillikenv. Bradley.

Joyce Baugh, Professor Emerita of Political Science and Public Administration at Central Michigan University, joined Stateside to talk about the case.

Listen to the conversation above to hear Baugh's thoughts on Duggan's plan, how the Supreme Court case impacted Detroit's history, and how we're seeing the legacy of the decision resurface now in Detroit's education landscape.

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