At first, it is difficult to understand why schools are segregated without understanding the causes. There is clear social and economic disadvantage, fueled by residential isolation, economic circumstances and discrimination. I use my first question, why are schools and districts racially and socioeconomically segregated, as an introduction to my analysis. In the article 60 Years After Brown: Trends and Consequences of School Segregation, authors Readron and Owens (2014) discuss the many factors that contribute to school segregation and how and why school segregation might affect students. The authors use different indices to measure school segregation, namely the measure of isolation or exposure and the measures of inequality. Inequality indices measure the extent to which a student population is unevenly distributed across schools and, conversely, exposure or isolation indices measure the extent to which students are enrolled in schools with high proportions or weak of a given racial group. (p. 202) Research by Readron & Owens demonstrates the varying levels of students' experiences of segregation and the resulting consequences. School resources are unevenly distributed among students, meaning teachers will be less qualified and less exposed to more demanding curriculum. Housing segregation and school district fragmentation are also largely linked to school segregation and