The notion that Capital Preparatory Magnet School and its Principal Steve Perry should be associated
with reducing racial isolation is absurd.
Not exact matches
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!»
One of the most significant problems associated
with the overall
racial isolation issue is that the State of Connecticut has been diverting more and more money away from the effort to
reduce isolation and, instead, spending it on charter 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.
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).
«Connecticut law... is clear that public school choice programs (
with the exception of technical schools) have an obligation to
reduce racial, ethnic, and economic
isolation of students,» Voices reports.
(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...)