Race and schools

Almost 55 years after the Supreme Court's historic Brown v. Board of Education ruling, a new study finds black and Latino students are more segregated than ever in American public schools. 

The Civil Rights Project released "Reviving the Goal of an Integrated Society: A 21st Century Challenge" this month. The 'resegregating' of students stems from a "systematic neglect of civil rights policy and educational and community reforms," writes Gary Orfield, a professor and co-founder of the Civil Rights Project. 

Nearly half of public school children are non-white. The report finds white students remain the most isolated population.<NO1>