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KENTUCKY
Louisville/Jefferson County is the 43rd most segregated region in the nation, but it’s been getting better, with its dissimilarity index falling 10 points between 1990 and 2000, and 5.7 more points between 2000 and 2010, to 58.1. Kentucky officials have taken a variety of steps to try and increase diversity in their classrooms over the past decades, one of which was a busing program that has recently become a topic of debate. Although the integration plan in Louisville/Jefferson County might not always be perfect, the fact that the region has been trying to work together and provide equal opportunity to its students makes it remarkable. When most other regions have given up, or fought integration plans with every resource, Louisville has continued to strive for diversity.
MEDIA
- Louisville, KY – The City That Believed in Desegregation (The Atlantic, March 27, 2015)
- Louisville, KY – JCPS battling inequity 40 years after busing (Courier-Journal, September 4, 2015)
- Louisville, KY – Black students increasingly concentrated in some JCPS schools (WDRB, December 4, 2015)
- Louisville, KY – 40 years after de-segregation, a look back at busing in Louisville (Wave 3 News, February 8, 2016)
- Louisville, KY – The JCPS student assignment plan attempts to reduce enduring de facto segregation in Louisville (On the Record: By and for the Youth of Louisville, May 14, 2016)
- Louisville, KY – Push to dismantle school desegregation plan in Louisville appears dead — for now (Washington Post, March 15, 2017)
ADVOCACY
- Louisville, KY – District ‘Keeps Faith’ on School Desegregation (Education Week, May 13, 2014)
- Louisville, KY – School Segregation Persists, But Not In Louisville (Mindful Stew, September 18, 2013)
- Louisville, KY – Jefferson County busing review – What’s wrong with this picture (Bluegrass Institute, October 6, 2012)
OTHER RESOURCES
- Diversity and Educational Gains: A plan for a changing county and its schools (The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, September 2011)
- Desegregation in a “Color-Blind” Era: Parents Navigating School Assignment and Choice in Louisville, KY (Syracuse University SURFACE, 2013)
- Experiencing Integration in Louisville: How Parents and Students See the Gains and Challenges (The Civil Rights Project/Proyecto Derechos Civiles, January 2011)
ACTIVE NSCD MEMBERS
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RESEARCH ADVISORY PANEL MEMBERS
- None