Question

The Coleman Report (1966) came 12 years after Brown v. Board of Education. Did the study uphold the idea that schools were “separate and unequal”? Explain.

Answer 1

The Coleman Report (1966) that came 12 years after Brown v. Board of Education, emphasized on the importance of socio-economic backgrounds of students for better learning outcomes, than emphasizing on desegregation and improving the school facilities as inputs for the unprivileged and segregated AficaAn-American students. Thus, the report negated the idea that school were"separate and unequal" and stressed on the inequality of the students family background. The study of this report upholded that reformation in school system alone would not bring better learning outcomes, untill the reformation is brought about in the socio-economic backgrounds of the students.