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Federal Study Shows Segregation Still Fact of Life
Louis Cassels reports from Washington that twelve years after the high court ruling segregation remains widespread in U S schools. The Education Department study shows four of five white students attend overwhelmingly white schools and two of three Black students attend predominantly Black schools. The piece contrasts resource gaps, test scores, and facilities between white and Black schools, noting wider achievement gaps by 12th grade and persistent inequality in American education.
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