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wow, the linked related article about NYC school segregation was depressing: https://www.vox.com/2016/2/16/10980856/new-york-city-schools-segregation https://ww
by lg 8y ago
wow, the linked related article about NYC school segregation was depressing: https://www.vox.com/2016/2/16/10980856/new-york-city-schools-segregation https://www.vox.com/2016/2/16/10980856/new-york-city-schools...
especially the part about charters having two times during the year when low-performing students are forced out into the public school: one in October after per-student funding is allocated to the school, allowing them to grab the funding while pushing a now-unfunded student onto the public school, and again in Spring right before standardized testing, when they can weed out the ones who did poorly on prep tests. Seems like the city/state should step in and disallow this practice.
- stuckinarut 8y agoBut if they disallow this then their precious charter schools will have lower test scores and be revealed as the horrible practice they are.
- Shivetya 8y agothe lie perpetuated through the decades that segregation was a Southern thing may never really truly come to light as people really are shy on learning things they don't want to believe. the laws to stop it were written to block any attempts to desegregate Northern schools, or more to the point NYC https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-york-school-desegregation_us_56fc7cebe4b0a06d5804bdf0 https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-york-school-desegre... https://www.vox.com/2016/2/16/10980856/new-york-city-schools-segregation https://www.vox.com/2016/2/16/10980856/new-york-city-schools...