Deepening Segregation in American Public Schools: A Special Report from the Harvard Project on School Desegregation.

Orfield, Gary; Bachmeier, Mark D.; James, David R.; Eitle, Tamela

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Publication Date: 1997

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Deepening Segregation in American Public Schools: A Special Report from the Harvard Project on School Desegregation.

Orfield, Gary; Bachmeier, Mark D.; James, David R.; Eitle, Tamela

Equity & Excellence in Education, v30 n2 p5-24 Sep 1997

Documents the largest shift back toward school segregation since Brown v. Board of Education (1954). It explains this trend through Supreme Court rulings and demographic changes due to immigration and the growth of suburbs. Hispanics, seen as the future predominant minority population in the United States, are already reported to be more educationally isolated than Blacks. (GR)

Descriptors: Blacks, Demography, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups, Hispanic Americans, Low Income Groups, Minority Groups, Public Schools, Racial Distribution, Racial Relations, School Desegregation

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Language: English

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