Other possible reasons why
public school segregation increased as neighborhoods became more integrated include gerrymandering of public school attendance zones by race or class and other decisions made by local public school boards.
On - going trends
involving public school segregation have been a primary focus of the CRP's research, and the expanding policy emphasis on school choice prompted analysis of the much smaller — but politically potent — charter sector.
«If Separate, Then at Least Equal: Rethinking Brown v. Board of Education and de
Facto Public School Segregation,» George Washington Law Review, 73 (April).
According to the report released by UCLA on New
York public school segregation, «the extreme share of black students enrolled in intensely segregated schools have steadily increased.»
That said, more research needs to be done as to why the trends in neighborhood and
public school segregation have diverged since 1980.