Sunday marked the 61st anniversary of the landmark case in the U.S.: Brown vs. Board of Education. The supreme court case declared segregated schooling unconstitutional. However, 61 years later many schools remain separate and unequal. Often students in low socio-economic neighbourhoods, which tend to have a more diverse population, remain at a disadvantage compared to their counterparts in more affluent neighbourhoods . Rebecca Klein, author at the Huffington Post, put together six powerful graphs which illustrate how far we still have to go for a truly equitable educational system. Below are a couple graphs from Klein’s article:
To read the entire article click here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/17/brown-v-board-61-anniversary_n_7293344.html
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