Integration - Its Time for a Change Essay -- Current Events

Integration - Its Time for a Change Integration is definitely not work, or being used the way it was intended. Sure its working in the sense that the schools are more diverse then when they were segregated, but consolidation is no where near where it should be and where it was intended to be. There are a few key points that demonstrate why integration isnt working like it should. The most obvious is the lack of integrations in a lot of schools, and the lack of variation in our classes. Like we saw in the documentary, the schools are integrated, but the classes are segregated. Integration in some schools has led to tracking, which essentially is institutionalized racism- the opposite of what integration is for. Although we have programs like METCO, we dont have nearly enough. There isnt enough integration in our schools, and there isnt anything changing that. Programs that did have volunteer integration have been off because of lack of funding, and support by the community a nd government. I think that districts themselves need to be more involved in tryi...