The Minneapolis Public School District was not exempt from specific court orders to desegregate its students and faculty as a remedy to address racial discriminations and to eliminate the effects of prior discrimination. In that time there was much progress made. Minority and white students been have spread around to such an extent that it is difficult to put those labels on any school anymore. Since the Brown v. Board of Education decision a lot has changed. Urban schools throughout the country have resegregated.
Isolation is the norm.
Some former proponents of desegregation now are changing their attitudes in support of neighborhood community schools even if it perpetuates segregation. Many who spearheaded integration and desegregation movements of the 50 s and 60 s now believe that if integration is a means towards an end in itself, then it does not serve the broader needs of the community as a whole. On the other hand, there is also a large segment of the community that believes that any form of racial segregation will lead to unequal outcomes for people of color. There is ambivalence within communities of color and majority communities about the role of integration in addressing student achievement. Research indicates that there is a direct correlation between academic achievement of students of color and desegregation.