Area school segregation called rife
Hub, Springfield regions among US worst
Public schools in the Boston and Springfield metropolitan areas are among the most segregated in the country, often isolating black and Latino students in low-performing schools, according to a report released today by Northeastern University.
Of the 100 large metropolitan regions examined, the Springfield area ranked second (behind Los Angeles) for the most segregated schools for Latino students, while the Boston area ranked fourth (behind New York) in that same category, according to the study by faculty at the Institute on Urban Health Research at Northeastern University’s Bouvé College of Health Sciences.
Among the most segregated schools for black students, Springfield ranked ninth and Boston ranked 28th.
Nationwide, black students tend to be more highly segregated than their
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