Resurgence Of Segregation

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Education is the great equalizer. It is the means a person uses to rise in social standing and rank. It inspires greatness in the darkest communities and brings attention to the hard worker. Because of all this, education has always been a paramount issue in politics on the local and federal level. Throughout the history of the United States education has stirred up great debates in congress and the supreme court. Education was part of the ugly history of segregation in America. It wasn’t until 1954 the landmark Supreme Court case Brown v. Board of Education public schools were desegregated. Today a policy in education is causing a resurgence of re-segregation in the Minneapolis and St. Paul public school that policy is Open

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