First graders led the desegregation of New Orleans’ public schools in November 1960. Bettmann via Getty
by Connie L. Schaffer, University of Nebraska Omaha; Martha...
The ranks of Black teachers have been decimated since public schools were ordered desegregated in 1954. LWA via Getty Images
by Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz, University of...
School funding inequities persist along racial and economic lines.
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Derek W. Black, University of South Carolina and Axton...