Sentences with phrase «racial segregation remains»

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The schools in the district remain considerably diverse, and while there is evidence of a slight growth in racial segregation, Jefferson County's policy is more effective than most, with segregation levels remaining considerably lower than most large school districts.

Half a century has passed since the publication of the Coleman Report, and the persistent racial gaps in achievement, academic attainment, earnings, crime, poverty, and extensive school segregation that remain provide prima facie evidence that equality of opportunity remains elusive.

One month into the school year, the district's «Select Schools» plan remains hampered by widespread transportation problems and overcrowded classrooms, and has increased racial segregation in schools.

In other words, promoting school choice as the solution is a distraction from the basic fact that parent income, along with interrelated racial and economic segregation, remain powerful determinants in the quality of education a child receives.

In her remarks she stated, «More than 60 years have passed since Brown v. Board of Education and our nation's schools and communities still suffer from the vestiges of school segregation and many of our largest school districts remain starkly separated along racial and economic lines.

While racial achievement gaps in education have remained stubbornly large, segregation has been increasing steadily, creating a growing number of apartheid schools that serve almost exclusively students of color from low - income families.

As the department has stated publicly, «many schools and communities continue to suffer the effects of racial segregation, and that many of our nation's largest school districts remain starkly segregated along racial and economic lines.»

The remaining study finds school choice has no visible effect on racial segregation.»

So while racial residential segregation has been decreasing over the past few decades, it still remains high, and very little of it can be explained by racial differences in income levels.

This report considers the educational consequences of the considerable racial segregation that remains in schools today and the potential of controlled choice to address them.