State’s school systems aren’t exactly a model of racial diversity, says David Sciarra, executive director of the New Jersey Education Law Center
Few people might use the word segregation in describing the state of schools in New Jersey.
But the head of the state Education Law Center, and a number of education experts say otherwise. In fact, they claim that New Jersey's school system is among the most segregated in the nation.
PolitiFact New Jersey investigated those claims and found them Mostly True.
Read the complete ruling at PolitiFactNJ.com and then comment on the ruling at NJ.com.
David Sciarra, executive director of the Newark-based Education Law Center argues during a hearing in the Abbott v. Burke school funding case before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Trenton.
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