Don’t Call It a Comeback, Segregated Schools Have Been Here for Years

Racial Segregation in Schools: DOJ's Quiet Decision Raises Concerns - Dallas Weekly

Decades after the watershed Brown v. Board of Education decision, multiple studies confirm K-12 public schools across the country are more racially segregated today than they were when the case was decided in May 1954.  But just weeks before the 71st anniversary of the historic ruling, the Department of Justice quietly ended a federal school desegregation order in Louisiana — a case that had been under court supervision since 1966. The news rece…

Don’t Call It a Comeback, Segregated Schools Have Been Here for Years

Decades after the watershed Brown v. Board of Education decision, multiple studies confirm that K–12 public schools across the country are more racially segregated today than they were in 1954, when the case was decided. Just weeks before the 71st anniversary of that historic ruling, the U.S. Department of Justice quietly ended a long-standing federal school desegregation order in Louisiana — a case that had remained under court supervision sinc…