EDUCATION DISPARITY FOUND.(MAIN)

Byline: Gannett News Service

WASHINGTON -- Almost 50 years after the legal end of school segregation, many minority and poor students still receive a substandard education, according to a report released Tuesday by an education advocacy group.

College-preparatory classes are electives in too many states, and minority students often are not enrolled in rigorous, upper-level courses, the Education Trust found. Poor and minority students also are more likely to be taught by unqualified teachers.

In Ohio, for instance, black students accounted for 16 percent of public school …