Sentences with phrase «facto public school segregation»

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«The Department of Education's response to de facto school segregation was delayed for years and years,» said Public Advocate Letitia James.

Despite legal segregation being outlawed, Prince Edward County's students still faced de facto segregation in the years following massive resistance and the decision to close the public schools.

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education ruled that separate was inherently unequal and put an end to dejure segregation, many students of color — particularly black, Hispanic, and some Asian American and Pacific Islander students — still have to fight for their constitutional right to a high - quality public education in what has emerged as a system of de facto school segregation.

These students» departures, because of the skewed demographics that exist as a result of decades of de facto and de jure segregation laws, left the public schools less racially stratified as a result.

«We are calling for a moratorium on the expansion of the charter schools at least until such time as: (1) Charter schools are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools; (2) public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school systems; (3) charter schools cease expelling students that public schools have a duty to educate and; (4) cease to perpetuate de facto segregation of the highest performing children from those whose aspirations may be high but whose talents are not yet as obvious.»

But it has its subtle and hidden forms and it exists in three areas: in the area of employment discrimination, in the area of housing discrimination, and in the area of de facto segregation in the public schools.

In doing so, ideas such as de jure and de facto segregation — important terms in the court's decision on Boston Public Schools — will bubble to the surface.

I agree that our public school system is based on de facto segregation, and I want for this reality to be changed.

The board's issue: charter schools are perpetuating de facto segregation of students, diverting public education funds to for - profit entities, and are operating without proper oversight.