Not exact matches
The use of interdistrict - choice
programs is unlikely to increase most students» educational opportunities significantly, a new report concludes, despite recent attention to the idea as a means of
reducing economic and racial
segregation and giving students in low - performing public schools a chance to find a better school.
The
program reduced the level of racial
segregation in the state.
Existing research on other conventional school voucher
programs point to a number of problems, including: lower student performance, less accountability,
reduced access and increased
segregation.
In addition, Walker's budget eliminates Chapter 220 — the only educational
program in Milwaukee designed to
reduce racial
segregation in public schools and improve equal opportunity for students of color.
In Louisiana, an initiative
reduced segregation in the education system, but the families who took advantage of the
program did not experience the newfound integration.