Here is a piece on the Wake County school board race from Ashley Osment, a senior attorney at the Center for Civil Rights at UNC School of Law; Leah Aden, a fellow at the center, and Stephanie Horton, a third-year law student at the School of Law.

In it, they address points made repeatedly by school board critics, one being that ending 'busing' would save money (Charlotte spends more on school
transportation) and one being the dismal graduation rate for economically disadvantaged students (a doubling of the ESL population since 2000 is one cause).