Segregation in Education Assignment
Segregation still persists in public schools more than 60 years after the Brown v. Board of Education decision. For this activity, please 1) read the article below and answer the subsequent questions, and 2) watch the video below and answer the subsequent questions. You may work in small groups (e.g., peers you know in class, book club group members) to complete this activity (it is ok if you submit the same answers for Part 1, but please submit your own reactions to the video for Part 2).
- How much less total funding do school districts that serve predominantly students of color receive compared to school districts that serve predominantly white students?
- Why are school district borders problematic?
- How many of the nation’s schoolchildren are in “racially concentrated districts, where over 75 percent of students are either white or nonwhite”?
- How much less money, on average, do nonwhite districts receive than white districts?
- How are school districts funded?
- How does lack of school funding affect classrooms?
- What is the new kind of ”white flight” in Arizona and why is it a problem?
- What is an “enclave”? What does the statement “some school districts have become their own enclaves” mean?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2TG9n0vc-4
- Did anything in the article surprise you? Shock you? Make you angry or sad? Why?
- On the other hand, did anything in the article strike you as unsurprising? Ex