The U.S. Supreme Court's "Brown v. Board" decision brought with it a myriad of unintended consequences. Perhaps most notably, it exposed black students to subpar assignments and deficit thinking. These inequities, in fact, persist today: In one TNTP study, classrooms of mostly white students were 1.5 times more likely to receive…

By the year 2045, demographers project that the United States will become a minority-majority nation--and in our elementary schools, this shift is already playing out. With these demographic changes also comes shifts and segregation in our neighborhoods--the compositions of public schools are strongly linked to individual housing choices, and…

Reflecting on his own experiences attending integrated schools in the 1960s and 70s, scholar Pedro Noguera argues that, despite the challenges involved, school integration remains essential for providing better educational opportunities for students. At a time when our nation is becoming irreversibly more diverse, Noguera writes, the country's…

For ten years, 1962-1972, the writer served as assistant superintendent in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, North Carolina, public schools. The views expressed here are drawn from this background of experience. (Author/CB)

Reviews the educational and legal history of Black education; criticizes the emphasis on achievement scores as a predominant variable in the measurement of such programs; and states that conclusions about Black enrollment, retention, and successful matriculation are generally positive. (Author/MLF)

To finish the process of desegregation, we must set district boundary lines to eliminate residential segregation, get rid of resegregation within schools, and adopt ancillary relief programs. (Author)