According to a new study, the work of desegregating schools still isn't done, particularly in the Philadelphia area.
PHILADELPHIA -- Just last week, the nation marked the 68th anniversary of Brown vs. the Board of Education.
"There's a huge amount of segregation in housing in... the Philadelphia area," said Michael Churchill, an attorney with The Public Interest Law Center, which is part of a lawsuit demanding equal funding for schools in the state of Pennsylvania.found that the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington area is the 13th most-segregated metro area in the country. More than half of neighborhoods are either 80% white or 80% non-white.
The Equity Report found more than half of metro-area residents who bought a house in 2019 would have to move to a different neighborhood to create an integrated pool of homeowners. "It's the state's obligation to make sure that there is equal funding in the state and that everyone has adequate amounts of funding to have an effective education," Churchill said, noting that the lower-funded schools are made up by more students of color.
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