Trends in School Segregation

The video discusses the persistence of educational disparities more than 60 years after the Brown decision, highlighting the acute challenges faced by minority and poor students. It explores the sources of school segregation, including residential segregation and educational policies. The video uses maps to illustrate residential segregation in cities like Chicago and Baltimore. It also examines changes in school demographics due to suburbanization and presents historical patterns of segregation from 1968 to 2010, showing the ongoing challenges in achieving desegregation.

What is a significant factor linked to worse educational outcomes in schools?

• High teacher turnover

• High poverty levels

• High student enrollment

• High levels of student diversity

Which of the following is NOT a source of segregation in schools?

• Educational policies

• School uniforms

• Charter schools

• Residential segregation

What term is used to describe highly segregated communities?

• Hyper segregation

• Macro segregation

• Ultra segregation

• Micro segregation

Between 1993-94 and 2006-07, what change occurred in the racial composition of suburban school districts?

• Decrease in black students

• Decrease in Hispanic students

• Increase in white students

• Increase in minority students

What percentage of minority students were in majority-minority schools according to the data?

• 35%

• 13%

• 50%

• 67%

In 1968, what percentage of black students in the South were in 90 to 100 percent minority schools?

• 60%

• 34%

• 78%

• 50%

By 2010, what was the percentage of black students in majority-minority schools in the South?

• 78%

• 34%

• 50%

• 60%

What was the percentage of Latino students in majority-minority schools in the Midwest by 2010?

• 6.8%

• 34%

• 27%

• 44%

Which region saw an increase in Latino students attending majority-minority schools from 12% to 44%?

• West

• South

• Northeast

• Midwest

What trend is observed in the percentage of Latino students attending 50 to 100 percent minority schools by 2010?

• Fluctuation

• Increase

• Stability

• Decrease