Chicago changes criteria for admission to magnet, selective schools -- chicagotribune.com:
"In the wake of a federal order placing race off-limits as a key admissions criterion to the city's most competitive schools, the Chicago Public Schools will use a battery of socioeconomic factors to distribute the coveted spots -- a strategy officials hope will maintain racial integration while enhancing economic integration.
It is unclear what the impact of the new policy will be. The district is only putting it in place for a year, after which officials will assess the results.
Skeptics long have been cynical about moves from racial to socioeconomic integration, pointing to other districts where schools became more segregated after the lifting of a federal order to racially integrate, such as in San Francisco, Denver and Norfolk, Va. They think Chicago's plan will be no different."
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think About School Funds! (Seussical thoughts on
“money follows the child”)
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More serious posts on this topic:
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