The first report, The Segregation of American Teachers, documented serious patterns of
racial isolation among the faculties of U.S. K - 12 schools.
Not exact matches
The pitch for greater judicial involvement comes as a state superior court judge must decide whether Connecticut's integration efforts have been adequate, or if more needs to be done to reduce the
racial and ethnic
isolation that persists
among the schools in the Hartford region.
The Obama administration has issued new priorities for its charter - school grant program,
among them support for schools that «promote diversity in their student bodies, including
racial and ethnic diversity, or avoid
racial isolation.»
The AP report, published Monday and headlined «U.S. Charter Schools Put Growing Numbers in
Racial Isolation,» says that «charters are vastly over-represented among schools where minorities study in the most extreme racial isolation.&
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Among other changes, the legislative committees also removed a proposal that would have paid for an additional 275 slots in public charter schools, reduced proposed funding to comply with the Sheff vs. O'Neill court order to reduce
racial isolation in Hartford schools and sharply cut back a plan for various teacher training and leadership programs.
From the nefarious achievement gaps, to the
racial isolation in our increasingly segregated schools; from the digital divide that results in kids not having access to computers, to the poverty gulf that results in kids not having homes; from boys» reading difficulties and girls» problems with math, to the disparities
among rural, suburban, and urban school needs — these gaps present baffling problems.
National enrollment data shows that charters are vastly over-represented
among schools where minorities study in the most extreme
racial isolation.
Skeptics contend that contrary to their mission, charter schools increase
racial and ethnic
isolation among students; lure away the top - performing students and divert funding from traditional public schools; and demonstrate no real improvements in student achievement.