Where Does School Segregation Stand, 70 Years After Brown v. Board of Education?

A still from the 2014 FRONTLINE documentary "Separate and Unequal." May 17, 2024 by Kaela Malig As the United States marks the 70th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling, many of the nation’s classrooms remain racially separate and unequal.FRONTLINE examined one element of the resurgence of school segregation in the 2014 documentary Separate and Unequal, which was recently released on YouTube for the first time.The documentary followed a group of mostly white, middle-class residents in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, working to carve out a new city — and school district — following concerns that East Baton Rouge Parish District schools were underperforming and dangerous.Last month, after a 12-year battle, the Louisiana Supreme Court ruledto allow the incorporation of the new city of St. George.Such school district secession efforts across the country are one of the factors contributing to racial segregation in schools, studies show. As of 2022, mor...