America's Schools Are 'Profoundly Unequal,' Says U.S. Civil Rights Commission
More than 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the fight for equity in America's schools rages on.
"The federal government must take bold action to address inequitable funding in our nation's public schools."
So begins a list of bold recommendations released today by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, an independent, bipartisan agency created by Congress in 1957 to investigate civil rights complaints. Today's report comes after a lengthy investigation into how America's schools are funded and why so many that serve poor and minority students aren't getting the resources they say they need.
The 150-page report, titled "Public Education Funding Inequity: In An Era Of Increasing Concentration Of Poverty and Resegregation," reads like a footnoted walking tour through the many ways America's education
