An interesting look at how even though schools are no longer segregated by law, due to residential segregation, schools inadvertently become segregated. It’s also interesting to note that:

— “Eighty-five percent of the nation’s teachers are white, and little progress is being made towards diversifying the nation’s teaching force.” I can only hypothesize how this statistic affects minority students in segregated schools, of course, but I can’t help but think of the post I made a few days ago about how professions can be typecasted. I’m sure it’s possible that some minority youth may be turned away from teaching as a profession due to a lack of same-ethnicity role models.
— This goes both ways. Due to zoning and the way school systems are organized geographically, not only do minority students more often than not find themselves in majority-minority schools in city and suburban settings, but “of 8.3 million rural white students, 73 percent attend schools that are 80 to 100 percent white.”

Of course, there are many other talking points here. I also think it’s important to point out that this story was, apparently, 2nd in the Top 25 Censored stories for 2010. You kind of have to think… who doesn’t want this information getting out?

(via tabithateaches)

A really interesting look at “how the largest school districts in the country are funded and how they spend that money.”