HealthDay (4/18, Norton) reports research indicates that “in school districts with greater segregation, Black students tended to have more behavioral issues and were more likely to drink alcohol, versus their peers in more integrated districts.” Investigators arrived at this conclusion after examining “data on more than 1,200 Black children and teenagers in school districts that, in 1991, were still under court-ordered desegregation.” The youngsters “lived in those districts between 1991 and 2014, allowing researchers to examine the effects of a ‘natural experiment,’ in which school district segregation increased over time.” The findings were published online April 18 in the journal Pediatrics.
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— “School Segregation Tied to Problem Drinking Among Black Youth “Amy Norton, HealthDay, April 18, 2022