2019 Press Releases

New Research Finds Decline in School Segregation in NYC's Rapidly Gentrifying Neighborhoods

CRP researchers find elementary school enrollment patterns in NYC's most rapidly gentrifying areas have seen a decline in racial segregation, with the declines more evident in traditional public schools than in charter schools.

Brown at 65 -- No Cause for Celebration

As the nation prepares to mark the 65th anniversary of the landmark Brown v Board of Education ruling declaring segregation in public schools unconstitutional, the UCLA Civil Rights Project today published new research detailing school enrollment patterns and segregation in the nation’s schools. The findings are not cause for celebration.

The Striking Outlier: The Persistent, Painful and Problematic Practice of Corporal Punishment in Schools

According to this new study, children attending the small percentage of the nation’s public schools that allows corporal punishment face a much greater likelihood of being struck than previously understood, with black students and students with disabilities among the most likely groups to be struck