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The Segregation Of Black Students And White Students In Cuyahoga And Summit County Public Schools, Alexandra Bednarz
The Segregation Of Black Students And White Students In Cuyahoga And Summit County Public Schools, Alexandra Bednarz
Williams Honors College, Honors Research Projects
Although segregation has been ruled illegal and unethical in several landmark court cases, the segregation of Black and White students is still prominent in many of the public schools of Cuyahoga County and Summit County. In this paper, I analyze enrollment data from the Ohio Department of Education to determine the percentage of African American students attending intensely segregated school buildings in Cuyahoga County and Summit County. I find evidence that high percentages of students attend such schools, but these percentages have gone down slightly over the last 11 years in both counties. These counties have seen many changes in …