Separate And Unequal - Frontline 2014
Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstitutional, school segregation is making a comeback. In "Separate and Unequal," airing July 15, FRONTLINE travels to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a group of mostly white parents are trying to form their own city with its own separate school district, leaving behind a population of black students.
Most high schools in East Baton Rouge Parish School System are 60-99% black. An exception is Baton Rouge Magnet which is 41% black, 40% white, and 15% Asian. Most of the high schools have a program encouraging the children to keep their hands to themselves. McKinley High and Woodlawn High offer an accelerated and rigorous Great Scholars Academy for students who have an IQ of 84 or higher.
Here is a link to ACT scores in district schools:
https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/data-management/act-scores---class-of-2012.pdf?
Sixty years after the Supreme Court declared separate schools for black and white children unconstitutional, school segregation is making a comeback. In "Separate and Unequal," airing July 15, FRONTLINE travels to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where a group of mostly white parents are trying to form their own city with its own separate school district, leaving behind a population of black students.
Most high schools in East Baton Rouge Parish School System are 60-99% black. An exception is Baton Rouge Magnet which is 41% black, 40% white, and 15% Asian. Most of the high schools have a program encouraging the children to keep their hands to themselves. McKinley High and Woodlawn High offer an accelerated and rigorous Great Scholars Academy for students who have an IQ of 84 or higher.
Here is a link to ACT scores in district schools:
https://www.louisianabelieves.com/docs/data-management/act-scores---class-of-2012.pdf?