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Black school
Extracted from the Wikipedia article History of African-American education.
Re-segregation
Black school districts continue to try various programs to improve student and school performance, including magnet schools and special programs related to the economic standing of families. After desegregation ended in Omaha, Nebraska in 1999, the Omaha Public Schools proposed incorporating some suburban districts within city limits to enlarge its school-system catchment area. It wanted to create a "one tax, one school" system that would also allow it to create magnet programs to increase diversity in now predominantly white schools. Ernest Chambers, a 34-year-serving African-American state senator from North Omaha, Nebraska, believed a different solution was needed. Some observers said that in practical terms, public schools in Omaha had been re-segregated since the end of busing in 1999.