We talk about disparities, declining test scores and minority graduation rates - including the graduation rate in Annapolis, which is 50 percent or less. According to President Barack Obama, America trails other industrialized nations in academic achievement.
Very few educators, especially African Americans who worked during the years of segregation, are willing to be quoted saying that integration was not good for African-American...
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