At the state level, recent developments in Ohio offer important lessons in how to create and sustain policy around the issues of reducing racial isolation and promoting diverse schools, such as how to create district student assignment policies that foster diverse schools, and inter-district programs like city - suburban transfers and regional magnet schools. (civilrightsproject.ucla.edu)
Finally, many of those who have supported the creation of charter schools, including Connecticut's new Education Commissioner, have claimed that charter schools would be an important mechanism for reducing racial isolation in Connecticut. (jonathanpelto.com)
While proponents of charter schools promised they would help reduce racial isolation, Jumoke Academy, like every other urban charter school was actually more racially isolated than the surrounding community. (jonathanpelto.com)