Dive Brief:

• The NAACP is holding an education equality summit in Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Wednesday in honor of the 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the historic Supreme Court ruling that outlawed segregation.   
• Prominent guests — including Harvard law professor Charles J. Ogletree and David J. Johns, the executive director of the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans — will discuss issues ranging from the Common Core and the achievement gap to the disproportionate punishment of minority students that often funnels them into the prison system.

Dive Insight:

The 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling is bittersweet. While the United States has made headway, big questions remain around inequality in our schools. The recent NAEP scores, which highlight a gap in the scores of minority and white students, are being used as evidence of the still unequal terrain. 

This is compounded by the various other reports that have come out this year alleging the nation's schools still breed inequality. Among the evidence cited: Schools resegregating to address "white flight," discrimination against minority students in disciplinary situations as early as preschool, and the tendency of juvenile inmates to be minorities.