Brown v. Board at 60: New Diversity, Familiar Disparities
Even with ground-shifting demographic changes, many public schools continue to be highly segregated 60 years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the principle of “separate but equal” education. But those shifts have also created opportunities to approach diversifying schools and classrooms in new ways.
Commentary
In five essays and a series of charts on enrollment and race in public schools today, Education Week Commentary explores the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, including how questions concerning race continue to play out in K-12 education. In Education Week’s roundtable OpEducation blog, four researchers respond to data and offer their impressions on race and diversity in public schools today.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Why Integration Matters in Schools
Integration has a positive effect on almost every aspect of education that matters, and segregation the inverse, writes Derek Black.
Equity & Diversity
Opinion
Hispanics Are Forgotten in Civil Rights History
High school senior Nicholas Dauphine writes that U.S. history has all but erased the struggles of Hispanics against racism.
Law & Courts
Opinion
Integration: New Concepts for a New Era
School desegregation remains a goal worth pursuing, but by different, more nuanced means than schools used to employ, Leonard Stevens writes.
Law & Courts
Opinion
K-12 Education: Still Separate, Still Unequal
Sixty years after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling, racial disparities in schools should be a call to action.
School & District Management
Opinion
I, Too, Am America: Making All Students Feel Like They Belong
Pierce Gordon writes about words and actions that make some minority students feel unwelcome in school programs and on college campuses.
Law & Courts
In a Small Mississippi City, a Half-Century of Legal Battles
Cleveland, Miss., appears far from getting out from under federal court supervision decades after a desegregation case was filed.
Equity & Diversity
Ky. District 'Keeps Faith' on School Desegregation
Despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down its race-based student-assignment plan, Jefferson County is maintaining diverse schools and improving achievement.
Law & Courts
Federal Enforcement Is Key to Brown Legacy
The Civil Rights Act and the Elementary and Secondary Education Act continue to offer tools for compliance, amid a shifting legal landscape.
Equity & Diversity
60 Years After Brown, School Diversity More Complex Than Ever
Dramatic demographic changes, shifting court opinions, and housing segregation make school integration a major challenge.
Equity & Diversity
Data: Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Schools Today
Statistics point to changed racial and ethnic enrollment patterns in public schools, 60 years after the U.S. Supreme Court outlawed race-based segregation.
Equity & Diversity
School Desegregation Plans: A National Census
In the 2011-12 school year, more than 1,200 local educational agencies—including school districts and charter schools—in every state except Hawaii and Nevada, reported to the U.S. Department of Education that they were under a federal desegregation plan that was either ordered by a court or entered into with the Office for Civil Rights under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Assessment
Timeline: Landmark Desegregation Cases
Legal rulings breaking down the walls of segregation have reshaped the makeup of America's public schools in ways that continue to change.
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