http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/julia-steiny-lets-pull-down-walls-between-school-districts/ Education News Tue, 21 May 2013 19:46:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/julia-steiny-lets-pull-down-walls-between-school-districts/#comment-9537 Two thoughts on the latest Steiny column — Joanne Jacobs Thu, 24 May 2012 21:35:24 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=213721#comment-9537 [...] Steiny has another column up.  It’s sort of about “good” public schools charging tuition to outsiders, [...] [...] Steiny has another column up.  It’s sort of about “good” public schools charging tuition to outsiders, [...]

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/julia-steiny-lets-pull-down-walls-between-school-districts/#comment-9528 Mike Thu, 24 May 2012 15:34:21 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=213721#comment-9528 "So a Rhode Island cross-district choice program would offer new options to frustrated parents. But more importantly, it could start to desegregate the schools economically – a research-proven strategy for school improvement. When we de-ghettoize schools with concentrations of poor kids, also predominantly minorities, we see significantly stronger performances among precisely those students who have struggled historically. (Note a recent New York Times opinion on racial desegregation.)" And what happens to the already high achieving students? “So a Rhode Island cross-district choice program would offer new options to frustrated parents. But more importantly, it could start to desegregate the schools economically – a research-proven strategy for school improvement. When we de-ghettoize schools with concentrations of poor kids, also predominantly minorities, we see significantly stronger performances among precisely those students who have struggled historically. (Note a recent New York Times opinion on racial desegregation.)” And what happens to the already high achieving students?

]]> http://www.educationnews.org/k-12-schools/julia-steiny-lets-pull-down-walls-between-school-districts/#comment-9522 Let’s Pull Down Walls Between School Districts « Standing With the Kids Thu, 24 May 2012 12:04:09 +0000 http://www.educationnews.org/?p=213721#comment-9522 [...] by EducationNews.org — An initiative to fill its remaining seats, in Barrington, Rhode Island, raises questions [...] [...] by EducationNews.org — An initiative to fill its remaining seats, in Barrington, Rhode Island, raises questions [...]

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