School Segregation

Ben Weller
Section A02
Reading Response #3
In response to Race Still Matters (facts sheet)

In the race still matters facts sheet many surprising statistics are presented to the reader. For example, although schools are not officially segregated by race, a higher percentage of minority groups tend to go to the same school that a low percent of white students will go to and vice versa. What's more surprising is that at white dominated schools about $733 more is spent per student than at non-white schools. This means although there is no forced segregation, something is still creating a segregating environment. This trend can sort of be explained by another fact on the sheet that states that "Educators often place minority students in low-level classes based on biased predictions of future performance.", but it can't really explain why more money is going to white dominated schools.

Other facts on this further show inequalities in schooling such as the drop in filipino students at UC Berkeley from 1989 to 2010, or the fact that a high percent of asians between the ages of 25-34 have not attended college. However these facts are a little confusing to me because they does not inform the reader as to why all these statistics are true. There are probably many factors contributing to why these facts are true, so I'd like to know more about the all of these factors.


Questions:
1) What factors are leading to the statics given on the sheets?
2) How would we be able to change these statistics in a reasonable manner?