Fair Housing for All

The Civil Rights Project's report was authored by Gary Orfield.

From page 9 of the report:

"American schools, in the recently released enrollment data from the 2006-2007 school year, show continued declines in the proportion of white students, increases in minority growth, particularly of Latino and Asian students, and deepening segregation of both black and Latinos
by race and poverty. At the same time, whites remain by far the most isolated population but the diversity of schools attended by whites is growing, both in terms of minority classmates and the proportion of low-income students. Part of this is due to the continuing decline of whites in the
overall national enrollment, a decline of a little more than a half percent a year. Doubtless, this partially shows the processes of racial transition as very large numbers of nonwhites enter suburbia. In a predominantly suburban society, perhaps the most important current trend is the
deepening resegregation of substantial portions of the nation’s suburban rings, a process that threatens to leave middle class black and Latino families in relatively weak schools in declining communities."

From page 13 of the report:

"Segregation patterns were far worse in 2006 than in 1988, near the peak of desegregation for black students...For Latinos, most residing in districts which never implemented major desegregation plans, this increase in segregation is basically a reflection of growing numbers and spreading residential segregation. For blacks, whose schooling was changed by desegregation plans, especially in the South, and whose residential segregation has declined modestly since that time, a significant part of the reversal reflects the ending of desegregation plans."