In middle school classes, students from lower-income families tended to be concentrated in just a few classrooms, new research from North Carolina has found.
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Despite widespread black poverty caused by unemployment, progress has been made towards the goal of a racially equal society.
Americans’ collective memory of school desegregation involves crowds of screaming white protesters. But less well known are the whites who stood by quietly, and those who approved of the changes.
The education system needs an urgent re-think to give children from disadvantaged backgrounds a better chance in life.
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