Not exact matches
But in recent weeks,
settlements in cases involving Bakersfield, Calif., and the Ohio cities
of Lima and Cincinnati have once again directed attention to these specialty schools as they were originally conceived — as tools for
desegregation.
Under the terms
of a court
settlement reached with the aid
of a nationally known
desegregation researcher, the San Francisco Unified School District will open a currently unused facility to house the entire student body
of a magnet middle school affected by the district's asbestos - cleanup program.
A federal judge overseeing a 26 - year - old school
desegregation case in Chicago has indicated that as long as some details are added, he is inclined to approve a proposed final
settlement between the school system and the U.S. Department
of Justice that could end court supervision
of the district by July
of next year.
Representatives in a long - running
desegregation lawsuit involving Mississippi's higher education system have reached a $ 503 million
settlement that is intended to address decades
of deliberate racial segregation in state colleges and universities.
Indiana officials have agreed to provide the Fort Wayne schools with an extra $ 12.9 million over six years to fund educational improvements as part
of a
desegregation settlement.
All three proposals were introduced as pieces
of the state's negotiated
settlement with plaintiffs in the Sheff v. O'Neill
desegregation case for the 2014 - 15 year.
Even worse, because the move is «part
of the Sheff
desegregation settlement» it will make a mockery
of the historic effort and the tens
of million in public funds that have been spent to implement the Sheff
settlement initiatives to date.
In the case
of magnet schools, the growth has come as a result
of implementing the Sheff v. O'Neill
desegregation settlement.
In 2011 - 12, a majority
of magnet schools and technical schools were «integrated,» as measured by the standard set forth in the 2008
settlement agreement
of the landmark Sheff v. O'Neill school
desegregation case: a school with a student body composed
of between 25 % and 75 % minority students... In contrast, only 18 %
of charter schools met the Sheff standard.