Will Charter Schools Re-segregate Public Schools? You Decide!
Brown v. Board Fails: Resegregation is Accidentally on Purpose #Brownat60 | Cloaking Inequity
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Charter segregation adds layer in Brown v. Board debate
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Still apart: Map shows states with most-segregated schools
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Devastating Report Condemns Corporate Reform as Civil Rights Fraud - Living in Dialogue - Education Week Teacher
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Feds remind charters of civil rights obligations :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet
Feds remind charters of civil rights obligations :: SI&A Cabinet Report :: The Essential Resource for Superintendents and the Cabinet: Feds remind charters of civil rights obligationsby Tom Chorneau(District of Columbia) Despite the claims of some critics that charter schools are largely unaccountable to key education mandates, the U.S. Department of Education issued clear noticethis week that
Journey for Justice has just issued a new report Death by a Thousand Cuts: Racism, School Closures, and Public School Sabotage. It’s well researched and heavily footnoted, but more than that, it is a powerful, moving piece of social and political commentary: The move toward the expansion of charter schools, and away from public schools, in communities of color has been staggeringly swift, and it