Chris Lovett

Numbers say it: Greater Boston is more diverse, more divided

New studies show a Greater Boston population becoming more racially diverse, but also more disconnected by income, and by shifting educational choices following the Covid-19 pandemic. As multiple figures show, the “big sort” declared more than twenty years ago is diverging into new patterns, whether in high-income suburbs or in Boston schools.

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A classroom at Excel Academy in East Boston, taken during 2009 visit by Gov. Deval Patrick (among observers at back of the room). Chris Lovett photo

Numbers say it: Greater Boston is more diverse, more divided

New studies show a Greater Boston population becoming more racially diverse, but also more disconnected by income, and by shifting educational choices following the Covid-19 pandemic. As multiple figures show, the “big sort” declared more than twenty years ago is diverging into new patterns, whether in high-income suburbs or in Boston schools.

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