segregation and resegregation (online1)
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A look at what it means to be a student in a contemporary "desegregated" school.TRANSCRIPT
Schools must be desegregated "with all deliberate speed”
The first day of desegregation, on Sept. 8, 1954, at Fort Myer Elementary School in Fort Myer, Va.
Source: Harvard Civil Rights Project
Source: Harvard Civil Rights Project (2001)
Based on 2000 Census data:70% of black students now attend schools
where minority enrollment is over 50%. 36.6% of Latino students go to minority
schools, up from 23.1% in 1980. • 77% in the West!
White students on average attend schools where 80% plus are white.
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Manhasset $22000Bronxville $19000South Bronx $11000Las Vegas $6400National Average $8700
$$$Teaching experienceFamily economic status.SecurityAccess to food, healthcare, etc.Parental involvement
Sig Rogich Middle School
Why is moving to an "easier" school
considered a promotion? In what other field do you move more
experienced people into easier jobs?What if...?
What did your school teach you to be?
What does Success for All teach?