Top of the Mind Segment: Racially Segregated Preschools
Air date: November 8, 2016
Host Julie Rose interviewed Erica Frankenberg, EdD, Associate Professor of Education and Demography, Pennsylvania State University, Co-Director of the Center for Education and Civil Rights.
More American children are going to pre-school, which experts consider a good thing, particularly for children who are economically disadvantaged and need the extra learning boost. But a worrisome trend of racial segregation has emerged in US pre-schools. The typical black or Hispanic preschooler attends a school where more than half of the students are from his or her same race. Conversely, more than a fifth of white students attend preschools that are almost entirely white.