Study finds link between school desegregation and midlife cognitive function
Black and white first-graders attend class together in Charlotte, N.C., in 1973. A new UMD public policy study shows that experiencing elementary school desegregation in the mid-20th century was associated with higher midlife cognitive function among Black Americans. Credit: Warren K. Leffler/Library of Congress
Exposure to state-level school desegregation during primary school was associated with higher midlife cognitive…