Over the last three decades, school segregation has been increasing—and it has increased the most within the large school districts that enroll many of the nation’s students of color.
Schools have become more segregated in these communities even as neighborhoods have become more racially mixed and as economic inequality between racial groups has declined.
Two main factors are driving the increase: the end of most court oversight that required school districts to create integrated schools, and policies that favor school choice and parental preference.
