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Many Schools Still Remain Separate and Unequal

Sixty-one years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled racial segregation of schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, disparities still abound for black and minority students.

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School children at Cantu Elementary in San Juan, Texas, are shown eating breakfast on April 24, 2013.
Credit: Delcia Lopez

Sixty-one years after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled racial segregation of schools unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education, disparities still abound for black and minority students. Data points across the country show that schools with high minority populations receive less funding than their low-minority counterparts, and that in most states high-minority schools have less qualified teachers. (Huffington Post)

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