Educational Segregation Report: Black Kids in Apartheid Schools

Educational Segregation Report: Black Kids in Apartheid Schools: The authors of a new Civil Rights Project report on education with findings about deepening segregation in American schools want to be clear about one thing: Simply sitting next to a white student does not guarantee better educational outcomes for students of color. Rather, they say, the research they've summarized shows that segregated schools are systematically linked to unequal educational opportunities as well as high dropout rates and fewer resources.

That's bad news for black students, according to "E Pluribus ... Separation: Deepening Double Segregation for More Students." Released this week, the report on national trends shows that, although residential segregation has declined for African-American families, school segregation remains high, with the greatest increases in the Southern states that led the national school integration efforts of the 1960s.

That leaves 15 percent of black students and 14 percent of Latino students in what the Civil Rights Project calls "apartheid schools," where whites make up only 0 to 10 percent of students.