How did Brown v. Board of Education change public education? Has the promise of Brown v. Board of Education been realized? Support your position with reference to a current event. Remember to keep your post academic in nature and relevant to the question.
after answering the question using at least 120 words you will then responded to the following two classmates using positive feedback using at least 120 words each as well.
1.Brown v. Board of Education changed public education because this case made everyone take a look at the 14th amendment a little closer.
According to Kids Britannica the 14th amendment article,The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to anyone born in the United States or who became a citizen of the country.
In the Brown v. Board of Education case, racial segregation was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court according to the National Archives.
“On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional,”(Brown v. Brown (1954), 2021).
Has the promise of Brown v. Board of Education being realized? The promise has been realized because racial segregation no longer exists in public schools. The promise is not followed to the fullest because there are public schools that are not receiving the same funding or resources as other schools.
In Conclusion, Brown v. Board of Education ruling ruled racial segregation unconstitutional and public schools changed how they operated. “Today, more than 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the debate continues over how to combat racial inequalities in the nation’s school system, largely based on residential patterns and differences in resources between schools in wealthier and economically disadvantaged districts across the country,”(Onion, 2024).
References
Onion, A. (2024, February 27). Brown v. Board of Education: Summary, Ruling & Impact | HISTORY. HISTORY.
Brown v. Board of Education (1954). (2021, November 22). National Archives.
Fourteenth Amendment. (n.d.). Britannica Kids. .
2. Brown v. Board of Education changed public education in that it was declared unconstitutional to have separate, but equal public education facilities. It was found that the doctrine of “separate but equal” had no place in public education (United States Courts, n.d.). The problem, even though physical factors may be equal the educational opportunities were not and these deprived students of an equal education (Brown v. Bd.of Educ., 1954).
Public schools in the U.S. have become inclusive, but there is still disparity in terms of equality. According to Frankenberg (2024) U.S. schools are much more diverse than they were at the time of Brown v. Board of Education, but a 2019 report by EdBuild found that funding of predominantly nonwhite schools was around $2200 less per student per year. This led to less opportunity in terms of advanced, college-prep courses for students in these schools.
References
Brown v. Bd. of Educ., 347 U.S. 483, 74 S. Ct. 686, 98 L. Ed. 873, 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2094, 38 A.L.R.2d 1180, 53 Ohio Op. 326 (Supreme Court of the United States May 17, 1954, Decided ). .
Frankenberg, E. (2024). 70 years after brown v. board of education, public schools still deeply segregated.
United States Courts. (n.d.). History- brown v. board of education re-enactment.
