Separate but equal? Wealthy county’s plan would concentrate low-income, Hispanic students
| March 25 2016
In considering a plan to cluster students from a high-povery area in Leesburg into a single school, Loudoun County cites the example of Guilford Elementary in Sterling, Va., a Title I school that receives special federal funding. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post)
The nation’s most segregated schools often are among the worst performing, experts say, in part because of the concentration of poverty and the myriad challenges that come with it. (Read more)
