Are we entering an age of "acceptable" segregation? Is this good for children or society?
I've joined others in raising concerns about the disappointing actions of the tea-party backed Wake County (N.C.) school board. They are dismantling a longstanding, respected and successful diversity plan. Using deceptive rationalizations like "neighborhood schools are better for children and families," policy makers like these wink-wink at segregated schools (perhaps not blatant "de jure segregation, but "de facto" segregation nonetheless. In Student Voices, a recent post asks this important question, "Race in Schools: When does learning support become segregation?" It links to the CNN story, "Pennsylvania Schools Experiment with "Segregation."
It's worth mentioning, too, in a general sense, how our current education reform movement leans too heavily on
It's worth mentioning, too, in a general sense, how our current education reform movement leans too heavily on