
English: 
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
Sixty years ago, the highest court in the
United States changed American education.
On May 17th, 1954, all nine judges of the
Supreme Court ruled against racial separation
in public schools.
The court said such segregation in schools
violates the United States Constitution.
At that time, many school systems had separate
schools for white students and black students.

English: 
From VOA Learning English, this is the Education Report.
Sixty years ago, the highest court in the
United States changed American education.
On May 17th, 1954, all nine judges of the
Supreme Court ruled against racial separation
in public schools.
The court said such segregation in schools
violates the United States Constitution.
At that time, many school systems had separate
schools for white students and black students.

English: 
The segregation was the result of a court
ruling from 1896.
That decision permitted so-called "separate
but equal" schools.
Some schools had only white children. Others
had only black children.
Then, about sixty years later, the case ‘Brown
versus the Board of Education’ came before the Supreme Court.
It involved five separate legal actions.
But it centered on an African-American child
in Kansas.
Linda Brown lived just a short distance from
a school.
But she was forced to travel across town to
a black school
because the school near her permitted only white students.
Aderson Francois teaches law at Howard University
in Washington, D.C.

English: 
The segregation was the result of a court
ruling from 1896.
That decision permitted so-called "separate
but equal" schools.
Some schools had only white children. Others
had only black children.
Then, about sixty years later, the case ‘Brown
versus the Board of Education’ came before the Supreme Court.
It involved five separate legal actions.
But it centered on an African-American child
in Kansas.
Linda Brown lived just a short distance from
a school.
But she was forced to travel across town to
a black school
because the school near her permitted only white students.
Aderson Francois teaches law at Howard University
in Washington, D.C.

English: 
He says the case ended official racial separation
in U.S. schools.
But he also criticizes the ruling.
He says it should have set a time by which
segregation had to end.
Some segregated schools did not obey the Supreme
Court ruling until the 1960s.
Even today, many schools are still effectively
segregated.
In 2012, the Civil Rights Project at the University
of California studied racial populations in schools.
The study showed that many schools are less
racially mixed than 40 years ago.
The study says social and economic issues
are partly to blame.

English: 
He says the case ended official racial separation
in U.S. schools.
But he also criticizes the ruling.
He says it should have set a time by which
segregation had to end.
Some segregated schools did not obey the Supreme
Court ruling until the 1960s.
Even today, many schools are still effectively
segregated.
In 2012, the Civil Rights Project at the University
of California studied racial populations in schools.
The study showed that many schools are less
racially mixed than 40 years ago.
The study says social and economic issues
are partly to blame.
