New Study: 5 Ways Racist 1930s Housing Policies Still Haunt Schools

Disparities in education funding, academic performance and school segregation still persist along racist lines drawn in the late 1930s, a new study has found. In the aftermath of the Great Depression, the U.S. government mapped out the supposed risk for mortgage lenders in neighborhoods across hundreds of cities — basing their assessments largely on the … Continue reading New Study: 5 Ways Racist 1930s Housing Policies Still Haunt Schools