While informative, they do not conclusively show the effects of policies that alter
the overall racial composition of a school through changes in attendance patterns, the policies that are of greatest concern to both the courts and to state and district policymakers.
Not exact matches
The authors begin by presenting a great deal
of descriptive data on the
overall enrollment and aggregate
racial composition in public charter
schools compared to traditional public
schools.
The goal
of the policy is to assure that no
school deviates by more than 15 percent from the district's
overall racial composition, which is 60 percent minority (African American, Asian, and Hispanic).
Districts may design
school choice programs in a way that achieves diversity or avoids
racial isolation using race - neutral factors (such as socioeconomic status) or generalized race - based factors that look at things like the
overall racial composition of neighborhoods but do not involve decision - making on the basis
of any individual student's race.