Segregation And De Facto Discrimination In Charter Schools

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De jure discrimination means "of the law" and is discrimination enacted through law by the government, while de facto discrimination means "by the facts" and occurs through social interaction, according to Princeton.edu. De jure and de facto discrimination are both forms of racial prejudice.
After Brown v. Board of Education (1954), the difference between de facto segregation (segregation that existed because of the voluntary associations and neighborhoods) and de jure segregation (segregation that existed because of local laws that mandated the segregation), became important.

Increase number of charter schools has caused an unbalance will result in greater racial imbalance in the public education system, and that can have negative educational

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