On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the plaintiffs. Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the opinion, which stated that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.”
Congress heard from 54 national advocacy organizations, including the American Federation of School Administrations, fighting to keep education spending a priority in the federal budget. Read the letter below.
Not only is teaching and learning more challenging when large numbers of students are frequently missing class, such elevated levels of chronic absence can easily overwhelm a school’s capacity to respond.
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