The repeated practice of racially segregating schools in the U.S. has increased in recent years. And a new report concluded that segregating schools has negative effects on the education minority students receive. Overall, students who attend racially segregated schools are considerably less likely to be put on track to excel in college and, eventually, their careers.
The study came out around the same time a judge ordered a Cleveland, Mississippi, school districtfinally be desegregated.
“The delay in desegregation has deprived generations of students of the constitutionally-guaranteed right of an integrated education,” U.S. District Judge Debra M. Brown wrote in her May 13 opinion. “Although no court order can right these wrongs, it is the duty of the District to ensure that not one more student suffers under this burden.”
