- 12% of districts in the United States have a desegregation plan
- 29% of school districts larger than 5,000 in size have a desegregation plan
- 59% of school districts larger than 27,500 in size have a desegregation plan
- Interracial exposure is difficult to measure because theoretically, a school district can have perfect racial balance even if there are almost no Whites in a district, just so long as there are enough Whites to have one in each district. Racial balance measures assess only the even distribution of the races, not how much exposure minority students have to Whites.
- Evidence suggests that limiting racial controls has little or no effect on the extent of interracial exposure or racial balance in a school district.
- School choice programs, even if greatly expanded, are not going to eliminate the racial and ethnic isolation of the major urban school districts, although they can be a meaningful alternative to minority families who are unhappy with their local public schools.
- Public schools could also provide more services to poor families to obviate the need for school choice.
- Survey shows that most minority parents today value quality education over integration.