Sentences with phrase «segregated public schools in the nation»

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The school was famous in 1995 when a movie called «Dangerous Minds» featuring actress Michelle Pfeiffer was based on a true story about Carlmont HS during a time when East Palo Alto was the murder capital city in the nation and there were 4 regions that segregated each students to attend (4) public high schools in the Sequoia District: Menlo - Atherton, Woodside, Sequoia and Carlmont.

New York's public schools are the most segregated in the nation.

He's also in favor of free tuition to CUNY colleges for low - and middle - income students, smaller class sizes in the city's public schools, and desegregation of the school system, which he noted is the «third most segregated in the nation.»

Ms. Teachout blamed Mr. Cuomo for the «most segregated schools in the nation» and accused him of seeking to privatize education and take resources away from public classrooms.

In his testimony at the hearing, Deputy Chancellor Josh Wallack admitted the city has a long way to go in integrating public schools, which are some of the most segregated in the natioIn his testimony at the hearing, Deputy Chancellor Josh Wallack admitted the city has a long way to go in integrating public schools, which are some of the most segregated in the natioin integrating public schools, which are some of the most segregated in the natioin the nation.

The high court declared, «In view of our decision that the Constitution prohibits the states from maintaining racially segregated public schools, it would be unthinkable that the same Constitution would impose a lesser duty on the federal government,» which as a legal and practical matter controlled the affairs of the nation's capital.

The passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which barred federal funds from going to segregated schools, made it clear that Prince Edward County could not continue their practices legally and receive federal funding.29 This law, as well as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, was instrumental in elevating the role of the federal government in protecting students from discrimination in the nation's public schools.

In that same year but with much less publicity, Tacoma Public Schools launched the nation's first magnet school, McCarver Elementary School, in an attempt to diversify its segregated school systeIn that same year but with much less publicity, Tacoma Public Schools launched the nation's first magnet school, McCarver Elementary School, in an attempt to diversify its segregated school sschool, McCarver Elementary School, in an attempt to diversify its segregated school sSchool, in an attempt to diversify its segregated school systein an attempt to diversify its segregated school sschool system.

In the broad resegregation of the nation's schools that has transpired over recent decades, New York's public - school system looms as one of the most segregated.

People from other cities and districts called us at Substance or contacted Dr. Jordan directly in Chicago when they discovered just how pernicious «The Paul Vallas Method» really was, especially for black children and the nation's segregated urban public schools.

There is increasing evidence that many of the nation's public schools are resegregating, with some studies suggesting that U.S. public schools are as segregated by race as they were in the 1960s.

In the second study, the Associated Press says charter schools are among the nation's most segregated — «an outcome at odds, critics say, with their goal of offering a better alternative to failing traditional public schools.»