Education Roundup: More Segregation, Science Fails, and the State of the Union
| Fri Jan. 28, 2011 11:00 AM PST
- Would you lie to get your kids into a better school? Ohio mom Kelley Williams-Bolardid, and was jailed for nine days for using a false address to send her two daughters to a better school. Colorlines and HuffPo sum up the racist undertones of Kelley's case, and the public outrage that's resulted.
- Also sparking some outrage is McCaskey East High School in Pennsylvania, which since mid-December, has segregated students by race and gender to boost academic results, according to Education News. The separation occurs for six minutes each day and 20 minutes twice a month and, it only applies to black students.
- Those nationally-lauded New York City charter schools are spending more than public schools, receiving $10,000 per student from private donors, but they’re not getting better performance results, according to a study by the National Education Policy Center.
- Hey, here's one reason why US students aren't learning science at internationally