Segregation Still Evident In Iowa Schools 150 Years After State Supreme Court Ruling
IPR The Waterloo Community School District has put a big focus on narrowing the achievement gap between Black and white students and accelerating achievement for all. But, like other school districts around Iowa, its elementary schools have essentially remained segregated because of the neighborhoods people live in. In 1868, Iowa was the first state to desegregate its public schools. But many schools essentially remained segregated for more than a century after. And it’s still noticeable today. In the 1960s, Belinda Creighton-Smith of Waterloo spent most of her elementary school years in ma...
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