U.S. Department of State: May 2007 Fact Sheet on <I>Brown v. Board</I>
- Organization: United States State Department
- Creation Date: Thursday, May 17, 2007
- Submitted: Thursday, May 17, 2007
- Attachment: LINK
Issued on the anniversary of the ruling, this fact sheet reminds us that:
"Despite Brown, some U.S. students still attend de facto segregated schools, for a variety of complex reasons, including housing patterns and the lingering effects of past racism. Local control and financing of public schools are another source of educational inequality because most American municipalities raise the bulk of their revenues by taxing real property (land plus improvements), jurisdictions with more valuable property can devote greater resources to public schools."
"Despite Brown, some U.S. students still attend de facto segregated schools, for a variety of complex reasons, including housing patterns and the lingering effects of past racism. Local control and financing of public schools are another source of educational inequality because most American municipalities raise the bulk of their revenues by taxing real property (land plus improvements), jurisdictions with more valuable property can devote greater resources to public schools."
