The New Segregation

  • National statistics now show higher levels of school segregation for Hispanics/Latinos than for African Americans.
  • Separate but NOT equal. School segregation is associated with school segregation by poverty and parental education.
  • The higher a school concentration of economically impoverished students, the higher the incidence of low academic achievers tend to be.
  • The ecology of schools can affect a child’s long-term social development.
  • School segregation by race/ethnicity or language de facto concentrate poverty and low academic achievement in schools that are not equal – a historical and contemporary fact.
  • When students are isolated they are deprived of the opportunity to develop inter group interactions.