Segregation academies, established after the Brown v. Board decision, still operate in the South, with many remaining predominantly white. Southern legislatures funded white students' move to private schools, echoing current school choice debates. Despite Brown v. Board's vision of educational equality, white flight has hindered integration efforts, leading to ongoing school segregation and challenges in achieving equitable education.
Last Friday marked 70 years since the landmark civil rights ruling of Brown v. Board of Education integrated public education. https://t.co/PQz48gXHEm
Seventy years after Brown v. Board ruling, school segregation persists in Fort Worth https://t.co/bX5cJCStkF
SCHOOL CHOICE: Democrats who oppose school choice like @DallasISDSupt want to saddle private schools with the same policies & programs that failed government schools. It is vital that we allow parents to select the BEST programs for their children, not programs designed to fail. https://t.co/bjt954YQa5
Black families still searching for quality, equity in education https://t.co/5Rc0DpgrPl
AJC ePaper: BROWN VS. BOARD OF EDUCATION: 70 years after ruling: A complicated legacy — De facto segregation — including in schools — remains in Georgia and elsewhere as we continue ‘inching toward the goal’ for which many residents paid a heavy price. https://t.co/wbCVCsa9XO https://t.co/b5mDYn5kcG
After the Brown decision, Southern legislatures provided state money to help white students attend private schools known as “segregation academies.” One historian says that Alabama’s new voucher-style program is history repeating itself. https://t.co/acLDbq7cWg
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling was only the first step toward the goal of equitable education. Some families describe being torn between schools where their kids will feel included or schools where they might have better opportunities. https://t.co/fU6maAf457
The 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling and desegregation orders were only the first steps toward the elusive goal of equitable education. https://t.co/4KzR5TbTi6
ALLEN: School Choice Can Fulfill The Promise Of Brown V. Board Of Education https://t.co/KSB21wkaQk
On this 70th anniversary of Brown v Board of Education, The decision that racially integrated our schools, The voucher idea was born to prevent this integration. Let us rededicate ourselves to public schools that accept EVERY child, And remember: Vouchers are racist. #txed https://t.co/D0hJiFHq7s
70 years after Brown v. Board of Education, its vision of educational equality has been undermined by wave after wave of white flight from schools and from public education entirely. But the vision should not be abandoned. https://t.co/XWGYaWuvgQ
Even with school choice, some Black families find options lacking decades after Brown v. Board https://t.co/fDn2jVZydl
After the Brown v. Board decision, white people across the South opened hundreds of private schools. 70 years later, most of the ones still open in Alabama’s Black Belt remain overwhelmingly white. In this town, one school keeps kids divided. https://t.co/acLDbq7cWg
New: Segregation Academies Still Operate Across the South. One Town Grapples With Its Divided Schools. https://t.co/BQxUHwaWGo
70 years after Brown v. Board, America is both more diverse — and more segregated https://t.co/AvwKLsBNsW
!! After the Brown decision, Southern legislatures provided state money to help white students flee to new academies. Even the language used — framing the movement as parents’ right to “freedom” and “private school choice” — was the same then as it is now. https://t.co/1wXQPkvlEi