The student population in American public schools has grown significantly more diverse, but segregation remains a persistent concern, a recent federal government study found. More than a third of K-12 students attend schools where 75% or more of students were of the same race or ethnicity, The Government Accountability Office found in an analysis of education data from the 2020-21 school year. Although school segregation is often associated with the civil rights-era integration battles of the '50 and '60s, the report's findings are a window into how racial and economic divisions endure today. "I think a lot of people think about segregated or divided schools of being a thing of the past or of being a Southern issue," said Jackie Nowicki, director of K-12 education at the GAO. "I think it's really important that people realize that we have racially and ethnically divided schools all across the country." Click the link in our bio to read more.