For several decades after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court Decision in 1954 public schools in the US became more integrated. Public schools are becoming more segregated, not just by race but by socioeconomic status as well. Integrated schools are not only a moral and democratic imperative but an economic one too. Stop funding local public schools primarily through property taxes. Increase federal funding, so that rather than taking from well endowed, middle-class schools, funding for the rest can be increased.

Source: Huffington Post September 23, 2017 15:06 UTC