American education is rife with problems, starting with gaping differences between white students and students of color. Most schools did not go eight grades because white officials assumed that African Americans needed nothing more than a primary school education. Today's segregated schools are still unequal. This is a problem because segregated schools have higher concentrations of poverty, much lower test scores, less experienced teachers and fewer advanced placement courses. But school segregation doesn't happen by accident it starts from housing segregation.