25 years ago, decades of racial tension erupted into chaos as the LA Riots gripped the city. The Lost Tapes provides a critical look back, tonight at 8PM: http://bit.ly/LostTapesLA | Smithsonian Channel

Why are schools in the U.S. still racially segregated? Schools in the United States are racially segregated in practice despite more than 65 years of legal precedent outlawing segregation through policy. The causes for school segregation have evolved, but the problem remains. Our research investigates different geographic contexts to understand why. Our goal is to determine policy solutions in the United States that will end the practice of providing separate and unequal education to children fr