Blog 4: Segregation Prominent in Schools

Segregation is still prominent in schools today. After all the civil rights movements so that kids could be considered equal and go to school together it still continues today just not as heavily as it did years ago. Latino children are still segregated in California, New York and Texas. While blacked kids are still segregated in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Houston, Philadelphia and Washington. According to the report more than one in seven black and Latino children attend schools where less than one percent of their classmates are white. This report was just released in 2009 the last year in which federal statistics are available. The Civil Rights Project at the University of California, Los Angeles report stated 43 percent of Latinos and 38 percent of blacks attend schools where fewer than 10 percent of their classmates are white this was just released Wednesday. Segregation continues to grow in schools even though it was outlawed years ago.  Many education advocates believe that teacher evaluations have to lot to do with it. Teachers are evaluated on their students test scores which keep a lot of teachers from wanting to teach in high minority, high poverty areas because they are known for having lower test scores and then the teacher could be fired over this. Some advocates blame the Obama administration but others support charter schools and feel like they are benefiting the community even if they are not completely racially integrated.

Although segregation will probably always remain a problem in schools I feel like they should focus on the areas where it is most prominent and start making a change there. When you go to the source of the problem it is easier to solve than starting elsewhere then trying to move in. Teachers should be accountable for the student’s grades but if it is already a low performing area then the consequences shouldn’t be as harsh and they should give them a few years before they really start blaming them for the students low performance scores.


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Source: New York Times