Racial divide widens in US schools

Segregation in American schools is increasing, according to a new report by the Civil Rights Project at Harvard University. Amongst several of its findings, the report notes that "virtually all school districts analyzed are becoming more segregated for black and Latino students." The Guardian and BBC ran stories on the report last Saturday.

An aside: I find it interesting that while this story was reported in the US, I ran across it first in the foreign press, where it seemed to receive much higher billing.