Segregration Increasing

"It's time that we acknowledge the wisdom women have acquired by managing the chaos of daily life. Women are realists, the glue that holds society together. They bring a reverence to life that's instinctual, not just intellectual." - Teresa Heinz Kerry

Segregration Increasing

The Civil Rights Project at Harvard University has released a new study that finds more and more students across the nation are segregated by race, poverty, and educational opportunity. The study also finds that the high dropout problem is concentrated in heavily minority high schools in large cities. Major findings include that the most isolated groups are white students in poverty in the Midwest, black students in extreme poverty in the South, and Latino students in extreme poverty in the West.  The study found that districts with the lowest graduation rates are central city systems where more than 90 percent of black and Latino students attend majority minority schools.

The study also explored the correlation of socioeconomics in segregation. More than 50 percent of white students attend schools where less than 30 percent of the students are poor in relation to only 20 percent of black and Latino students.  Additionally, only 1 percent of white students attend extreme poverty schools where 90-100 percent of students are poor, whereas 12 percent of black and Latino students attend these schools. Numerous studies have found that high poverty schools tend to have a less stable and less qualified teaching staff.

For details on this research, go to:
http://www.civilrightsproject.harvard.edu/research/deseg/deseg05.php

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