Sentences with phrase «to reduce segregation»

But when all of the data were analyzed, the overall effect was to reduce segregation in the district.

«I'm talking about high - quality housing, that's mixed income, which will help reduce the segregation,» he said.

The effort has saved tens of millions of dollars and reduced segregation of students with disabilities, but it has triggered concerns that some students are being made to attend city schools that aren't equipped to handle their needs.

Charters reduce segregation.

Welch and Light found that white flight is generally less in countywide districts than in central - city districts (surrounded by a suburban belt) despite the fact that the countywide districts take stronger steps to reduce segregation within the schools.

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.

The most rigorous studies available examined Louisiana's voucher program, where researchers found that the program reduced segregation.

Congress approves Public Housing reforms to reduce segregation by race and income, encourage and reward work, bring more working families into public housing, and increase the availability of subsidized housing for very poor families.

«I'm talking about high - quality housing, that's mixed income, which will help reduce the segregation.

Transporting students long distances to reduce segregation in schools is costly, time - consuming for students, and likely to reduce parental participation in the schools.

I'm talking about high quality housing that's mixed income - which will help reduce segregation - that's humanly scaled on scattered sites, not concentrated in high - rises, is built in the suburbs as well as the cities, in all neighborhoods in the cities, and is green.»

Historically, student assignment policies were meant to reduce segregation and enhance diversity; however, current student choice policies and how they affect diversity in an era of increasing segregation haven't been analyzed.

U.S. District Judge Alfredo C. Marquez last week ruled that the district had failed to show, as required under the terms of a 1978 settlement of a desegregation suit, that closing the school would be consistent with ongoing efforts to reduce segregation and would not place a disproportionate burden on minority students.

A vast body of research shows educational choice programs improve academic outcomes for students and schools, saves taxpayers money, reduces segregation in schools and improves students» civic values.

NYC schools are trying to reduce segregation, and were given the green light to bend a few rules to do it.

Waldrip, whose full article is linked here with many more specifics acknowledges that while magnet schools are still used to improve diversity and reduce segregation, they have rapidly become superior options within the public sector for all students, even in districts of primarily one race.

On July 14, the House Committee on Appropriations recommended no funding for MSAP, which is currently the only federal grant program explicitly dedicated to reducing segregation.

However, this week we learned, thanks to an article on CT Mirror's Political Mirror Blog, that as required by state law, the Connecticut Department of Education has informed Bristol, Fairfield, Greenwich, Groton and West Hartford that their education policies have led to segregated schools and they must develop plans to reduce that segregation.

So, at the same time it continues to promote the growth of charter schools, the Obama administration should take immediate action to reduce the segregation in charter schools, working instead to achieve the integrative promise of charter schools.

According to Friedman, school vouchers would eliminate discipline problems, reduce segregation and solve the problem of school busing.

In 1996, our highest court clearly articulated the state's responsibility to reduce segregation.

The request comes from Representatives George Miller (D - CA), John Conyers (D - MI), and Bobby Scott (D - VA) who express that, «at the 60th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision, much more must be done to reduce segregation and increase equity in our school system.»