Saturday, May 12, 2012

Segregation in New York City’s Public Schools - Graphic - NYTimes.com

Segregation in New York City’s Public Schools - Graphic - NYTimes.com: The landmark decision that outlawed segregation, Brown v. Board of Education, was handed down 58 years ago this week. In its wake, school systems undertook desegregation efforts that peaked in the 1980s. Since then, schools across the country have been going through a process of de facto resegregation. In New York, efforts over the years to reduce the segregation of schools have had little effect.