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1/30/2014

Topic Reading-Vol.659-1/30/2014

Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Are Little Rock schools finally desegregated?
It was back in September, 1957 when the desegregation of the students was officially and legally taken place in Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. Since then, countless efforts and actions have been made to bring equal educational opportunity to everyone at school. However, there seem to be a long way to reach the goal as financial and residential disparity still exist or even has widened between the two races.
Higher dropouts and lower grade and test scores are among the most significant problems among black students whose families aren’t as affluent as white students’. Some of those problems could be attributed to the school district where the racial mix of the residents considerably differs from the national or even state average.
Enjoy reading the article and thinking what could be done to bring in more balanced and equal educational opportunities and outcomes.

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