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February 13, 2003 | This article appeared in the March 3, 2003 edition of The Nation.

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Sit in classrooms, eat in lunchrooms, romp on playgrounds and wander the
hallways in randomly selected public schools in America: It's right
here, in the nation's increasingly segregated and as

About the Author

Susan Eaton

Susan Eaton is the author, most recently, of The Other Boston Busing Story (Yale). She is also the co-author, with Gary...

Gary Orfield

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