Sentences with phrase «reduce racial isolation in»

Excellent point — and now Charters are not required by law or policy to reduce racial isolation in fact, nearly every single charter school in CT is more racial isolated than the community they draw from and consistently discriminate against Latino Students, students who aren't fluent in the English Language and students who require special education services.

While the State of Connecticut spends hundreds of millions of dollars every year to reduce racial isolation in our urban school districts, as required by Connecticut's Constitution and Courts, Governor Dannel Malloy is pumping more than $ 100 million a year into Connecticut Charter Schools despite the fact that they have become a primary vehicle for the segregation of our public school system.

Forget that as a result of the Sheff v. O'Neill case, Connecticut taxpayers are spending hundreds of millions of dollars every year to reduce racial isolation in public schools.

What makes this issue particularly troubling is that Connecticut's new State Commissioner of Education has repeatedly said he will work to expand charter schools in Connecticut even though it is clear from the evidence that most charter schools are unwilling or unable to be a part of the overall effort to reduce racial isolation in our state.

When one of the attorneys in the famous Sheff desegregation case said, «the state has an obligation to provide great, racially diverse schools,» Connecticut's Supreme Court agreed and ordered the legislature to take definitive action to reduce racial isolation in the state's urban public schools.

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.

And, equally important, Connecticut's effort to reduce racial isolation in our urban schools deserves better too.

Addressing a crowded room of magnet school educators and supporters last week, Acting U.S. Secretary of Education John King explained his personal commitment to school diversity and the importance of reducing racial isolation in schools.

Although Stamford has made great strides in improving their academic performance and reducing racial isolation in its schools, the Bronx Charter School for Excellence, Inc. sees an opportunity to cash in on Connecticut's charter school expansion program.

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.

Not exact matches

In addition, the Senate GOP plan would flat - fund charter schools and the Open Choice Program, which aims to improve academic achievement and reduce racial, ethnic and economic isolation.

The schools were intended to reduce racial and ethnic isolation in the 24,500 - student Hartford district.

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 new law calls for replicating magnet school programs that demonstrate «success in increasing student academic achievement and reducing isolation of minority groups» and «increase racial integration by taking into account socioeconomic diversity.»

Thanks in large part to Secretary King, the Obama administration has now made a meaningful commitment to reducing racial and socioeconomic isolation in our nation's schools, by proposing a $ 120 million request in the 2017 budget to fund the «Stronger Together» initiative.

With an approach like that, the proponents of reducing racial isolation and protecting civil rights should simply say to Governor Malloy: «If you aren't going to be serious about your Constitutional and moral duty to Connecticut's minority students, then we'll see you in court!»

First, public school choice programs (such as charter and interdistrict magnet schools) in Connecticut are all required by Connecticut law to provide children with an equal educational opportunity and to reduce racial, ethnic, and economic isolation of students (except technical schools).

All charter schools articulate in their applications how they will reduce economic and racial isolation for their student populations, as required by state law.

The study offers several recommendations for restoring equity provisions and integration in charter schools, including establishing new guidance and reporting requirements by the Federal government; federal funding opportunities for magnet schools, which have a documented legacy of reducing racial isolation and improving student outcomes; and incorporating some features of magnet schools into charter schools.

(A) adequately demonstrate student progress, as determined by the commissioner, (B) comply with the terms of its charter or with applicable laws and regulations, (C) achieve measurable progress in reducing racial, ethnic and economic isolation, (continued...)

However, virtually every one of Connecticut's major charter schools, all of whom receive major state subsidies, are not only failing to reduce racial isolation but are, in fact, significantly less racially diverse than the public schools in the same communities.

In Connecticut, interdistrict magnet schools receive special funding BECAUSE they are supposed to «reduce, eliminate or prevent the racial, ethnic or economic isolation of public school students while offering a high - quality curriculum that supports educational improvement.»

In her latest piece, education advocate and columnist Wendy Lecker dissects the utter failure of Connecticut's charter schools to be part of the solution when it comes to reducing racial isolation.

The report observes that the education commissioner could require changes in a charter if that school does not make measurable progress in reducing racial, ethnic and economic isolation.

Legislators should support the replication of charters that have created an exemplary school climate without relying on punishment of exclusion, in particular those that also provide a diverse learning environment and help reduce racial isolation.