METCO stands for the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity. Founded in 1966 in Boston, Massachusetts, METCO is the longest continuously running voluntary school desegregation program in the country and a national model for the few other voluntary desegregation busing programs currently in existence.
Read more about METCO: The Purpose of METCO, Funding and Administration, History of METCO, Eligibility, Current Challenges, Participating METCO Cities and Towns