Sentences with phrase «racial segregation in public schools»

The harmful effects of racial segregation in public schools are well documented.

Established by Congress in 2001, the commission planned activities marking the 50thanniversary this year of the U.S. Supreme Court's Brown decision, which outlawed racial segregation in public schools.

In 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.

Here is a sampling of events marking the 50th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, the May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning racial segregation in public schools.

It comes at a time when the nation is commemorating the 50th anniversary of the decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, which overturned laws enacting racial segregation in public schools.

In a study published in 2014, he found that Louisiana's scholarship program resulted in less racial segregation in public schools from which students transferred and, to a lesser extent, in the private schools where they enrolled.

In addition, Walker's budget eliminates Chapter 220 — the only educational program in Milwaukee designed to reduce racial segregation in public schools and improve equal opportunity for students of color.

In other words, it leads to the phenomenon of «shopping for schools» which perpetuates racial segregation in public schools (Dougherty, 2012, p. 207).

The historic Supreme Court decision of 1954 outlawing racial segregation in public schools and the subsequent, cautious, painful steps taken toward compliance with this ruling have forced a searching re-examination of conscience in the matter of racial justice in democratic education.

Racial segregation in public schools is epidemic and impossible to change, because the district boundaries are drawn for the purpose of racial segregation and it's basically impossible to change them: