Revisiting Brown, 70 years later

The Hechinger Report takes a look at the decision that was intended to end segregation in public schools?in?an exploration of what has, and hasn’t, changed since school segregation was declared illegal.

7 realities for Black students in America, 70 years after Brown

The 1954 Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education found that separating students by race was unconstitutional, but segregation’s legacy remains

PROOF POINTS: Tracing Black-white achievement gaps since the Brown decision

Academic progress of Black students has followed a bumpy path since the 1970s

PROOF POINTS: 5 takeaways about segregation 70 years after the Brown decision

Despite decades of progress, there are some worrying signs

OPINION: 70 years after Brown vs. Board decision, key takeaways remain buried

We can’t ignore the detrimental impact of segregation on white students as well as Black students

OPINION: Black principals play a key role in transforming education. We need more of them

70 years after the historic Brown vs. Board decision, states must give principals a bigger role in building pipelines

OPINION: Sadly, our progress is stalled and backsliding 70 years after Brown v. Board

We’ve failed to achieve equity on just about any metric of access to educational opportunity

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