Magnet schools succeed by offering gain rather than imposing busing

Evidence

The magnet school system is so beneficial because it provides incentives for both white and minority students because, unlike “forced busing”, something is to be gained from enrolling in a school across town. Whether the focus be performing arts or math and science, magnet schools provide a superior education than traditional schools in their respective fields. — Marcy Crouch, Magnet Schools and Other Means of…, 41

Categorization

• SEED: Angle: ‘desegregation by incentive’ — why the policy that worked was the one that bribed rather than compelled, and what that says about designing any integration policy.
• XREF: Echoes public-choice theory and the Archibald/Rossell voluntary-desegregation findings cited just below.