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The Segregation Index found that, in large school districts, white-Black segregation has increased 35% and economic segregation has increased 47% over the past 30 years. (Photo/iStock)
The Segregation Index found that, in large school districts, white-Black segregation has increased 35% and economic segregation has increased 47% over the past 30 years. (Photo/iStock)

New ‘Segregation Index’ shows U.S. schools remain highly separated by race, ethnicity and economic status

USC and Stanford researchers say the index — a public resource for tracking segregation — signals an “urgent need” to address rising segregation in large school districts.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Volodymyr Zelenskyy, president of Ukraine, will address the Association of American Universities on Monday, May 16. (Photo/Courtesy of the Presidential Office of Ukraine via Wikimedia Commons)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to address American universities Monday on future of higher ed in Ukraine

At 8 a.m. PDT, the Association of American Universities will livestream the speech on how American universities and Ukraine can work together to rebuild the country’s higher ed sector; a Q&A follows.