Poverty and segregation persist in U.S. schools, report says

Too often, low-income, black and Latino students end up in schools with crumbling walls, old textbooks and unqualified teachers, according to a report released Thursday by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

The commission said inequities are caused by the fact that schools are mostly funded with state and local tax dollars. More than 92% of funding comes from non-federal sources, according to the Education Department.