But a recent report examines the role that enrollment in private schools, which are disproportionately white, plays in the city’s segregation woes. There is growing evidence that the nation’s public schools are resegregating, with some studies suggesting that U.S. public schools are as segregated by race as they were in the 1960s. The pair sought to determine how big a role private school enrollment plays in contributing to citywide segregation. Black students accounted for nearly 70 percent of all students that year but made up just 28 percent of private school enrollment. Charter school enrollment was up to 41,677 last year, up from fewer than 30,000 in the 2011-2012 school year.

Source: Washington Post November 24, 2017 23:26 UTC