Sunday, September 2, 2007

Segregation in schools is increasing: report

By Matthew Bigg Wed Aug 29, 4:15 PM ET
(Atlanta) Public schools in the United States are becoming more racially segregated and the trend is likely to accelerate because of a Supreme Court decision in June, according to report published on Wednesday.

The rise in segregation threatens the quality of education received by non-white students, who now make up 43 percent of the total U.S. student body, said the report by the Civil Rights Project of the University of California in Los Angeles.

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