1. Deepening School Segregation in a Multiracial Society
Why we should care and what we can do about it

2. Vision of the Virginia State Board of Education
The vision…is to create an excellent statewide system of public education that derives strength from our diversity and that ensures equality of opportunity for each student in a safe and healthy learning environment that prepares all students to be capable, responsible, and self-reliant citizens in the global society.

3. Separate Is Still Unequal
Teacher and leader turnover
Teacher absenteeism
Inexperienced teachers
Student absenteeism and transiency
Exclusionary discipline
Chronic stress and trauma
Academic achievement
Graduation
College-going
Facilities and material resources
Community and parental involvement
Challenging curricula
Access to high achieving, highly resourced peer groups and social networks
SOURCE: See Linn & Welner, 2007.

4. Benefits of School Integration for All Students
Academic—heightened critical thinking skills, more creative problem solving, better discussions and high quality curricula
Social—more cross-racial friendships, less stereotyping, reductions in prejudice
Civic—more engaged citizens who are better prepared for multiracial democratic society
Long term—perpetuation effects across life cycle
See Mickelson & Nkomo, 2012; Phillips, Rodosky, Muñoz, & Larsen, 2009;

5. Enrollment by Race, Richmond-Petersburg

6. Black Students in Intensely Segregated Schools, Richmond-Petersburg

7. Latino Students in Intensely Segregated Schools, Richmond-Petersburg

8. School Racial Isolation Overlaps with Concentrated Poverty
In 2013, 76% of students in the region’s intensely segregated minority schools qualified for free and reduced priced lunch.
Fully 93% of students did so in apartheid school settings.

10. Regional Education Strategies
City-suburban consolidation and controlled choice
Regional collaboration agreements
Regional magnet programs
Inter-district transfer options
School site selection and rezoning
Whole-school magnet programs in gentrifying neighborhoods
Dual language immersion programs
Nuanced school evaluation

12. Regional Housing Strategies
Advertise and celebrate stable neighborhood diversity
Enforce fair housing laws and inclusionary zoning
Encourage mixed-income and regional fair share affordable housing development
Link federal housing subsidies (e.g., Housing Choice Vouchers and Low Income House Tax Credit) to communities with high opportunity schools
Promote regional transportation solutions
Limit sprawl

13. SOURCE: UCLA Civil Rights Project, 2012.