Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown vs. Board anniversary
Source: ABC News
May 17, 2024, 2:25 PM
In a speech on Friday, President Joe Biden announced new grants aimed at further desegregating magnet schools, as he marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling that desegregated public schools.
"My Department of Education is investing $300 million, including another $20 million announced today to support diversity in our schools," Biden said at the NAACP's event at the National African American History Museum.
The $20 million in new grants is for school districts in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, North Carolina and Texas, to create magnet programs geared toward "attracting students from different social, economic, ethnic and racial backgrounds," the White House said.
The Education Department earlier this week released a report that found there remain gaps in education among Black and Latino students and their white counterparts in high school math, science and computer science. The White House frames these steps as an effort to "continue the work" of Brown vs. Board.
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Link to White House FACT SHEET - FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Advance Racial and Educational Equity on 70th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education
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