Wealthier and Whiter: Louisiana School District Secession Gets a Major Boost

A recent decision by the Louisiana Supreme Court handed a decisive win to backers of a long-running campaign to create a new, overwhelmingly white Baton Rouge-area school system, further concentrating poverty in the remaining, majority-Black part of the district. When finalized, the secession will likely cost East Baton Rouge Parish Public Schools 10,000 students and […]

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