Childhood school segregation

Date and country of first publication^[1][edit | edit source]

2013
United States

Definition[edit | edit source]

Childhood school segregation refers to the practice of segregating students based on their race or ethnicity in schools during the early years of a child's education. This practice was common in many parts of the United States prior to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, when schools were legally allowed to separate white and non-white students into different schools or classrooms.

Segregation in schools had a devastating impact on minority students, who often received inferior education, resources, and opportunities compared to their white peers. Many minority students were forced to attend overcrowded, underfunded schools with outdated facilities and inadequate resources, while white students attended well-funded, high-quality schools.

The Supreme Court's landmark decision in Brown v. Board of Education in 1954 declared that segregation in schools was unconstitutional, leading to the desegregation of public schools across the country. However, the legacy of childhood school segregation still persists in many communities, as disparities in education and resources continue to impact minority students today.

Related segregation forms[edit | edit source]

Childhood school segregation is frequently discussed in the literature with the following segregation forms:

school segregation

This visualization is based on the study The Multidisciplinary Landscape of Segregation Research.

For the complete network of interrelated segregation forms, please refer to:

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Louvain clusters

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Disciplines in which segregation forms first emerged (Scopus database).

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Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ Date and country of first publication as informed by the Scopus database (December 2023).

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