Racial Segregation In
The Education System
The Suprema Court declared racial
segregation in schools to be
unconstitutional nthe landmark 1954
ruling Beown v. Board of Education,
Contributors To Racial Segregation:
- low-income status
envionment neighborhood: low funding
for schools, which leads 0 poor
‘education
Percentage of Americans who think racism is
‘a big problem or somewhat of a problem
‘School districts that predominantly
sev lool erecved 28
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‘79 either white or nonwhite.” (Neve York
Tes 2019)
"This school segregation mostly reflects
neighborhood segregation. In urban
‘areas, low-income white students are
‘more likely to be integrated into
middle-class neighborhoods and less
likely 0 attend school predominantly
with other dicadvantaged students.”
(Economie Policy Institute 2014)