08/17/2025
School segregation didn’t end. It just changed clothes.
Most schools aren’t divided by skin color anymore, but by data. Test scores and labels decide who sits where. General Ed? Mostly Black and Brown students. GT and advanced courses? Mostly White.
Even behavior groups get tracked the same way—most “behavior kids” are placed with other “behavior kids,” and somehow they’re expected to thrive.
But research and real life prove otherwise. Heterogeneous grouping—mixing high achievers with struggling students—raises achievement on both sides. The gifted student sharpens the other, and the struggling student rises with support.
I’m getting my doctorate so my reputation will precede me, and so I can inspire kids everywhere to achieve more—no matter how they’re grouped or labeled. Test scores are not accurate representations of our kids.
