1. the transportation of students by bus to schools outside their neighborhoods, especially to achieve racial integration
Usage: primarily used in educational policy contexts

Examples

• The court ordered bussings to integrate the city’s schools.
• Parents debated the effectiveness of bussings in promoting equality.
• The school district implemented bussings in the 1970s.
• Bussings were controversial but helped diversify classrooms.
• The policy of bussings faced both support and opposition.
• Federal mandates required bussings in many districts.