School segregation in Newark, NJ is among highest in nation

A new report shows that Newark, NJ measures first out of all 403 US metropolitan hubs for economic segregation and second in black-white segregation. The report was released on the 68th anniversary of the US Supreme Court’s Brown v. Education ruling, which outlawed school segregation across the country.

More at https://www.njspotlightnews.org/2022/05/newark-schools-segregation-nearby-communities-stark-black-white-divide/

Also see Does New Jersey have to desegregate its schools? A judge will soon decide.

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