Presently, public education is undergoing its greatest challenge in the city. The public schools have been among the victims of the metropolitan problems of segregation, socioeconomic separation, and unequal economic opportunities. City problems have become a nucleus for dissatisfaction with the public schools. For example, the larger cities are racially segregated by residence; in specific areas where Negroes, Spanish-Americans, and Indians reside, the average income is less than two-thirds that of the average white family.
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