Last week we saw headlines of children freezing in Baltimore schools after years of insufficient funding. This week, Minneapolis S. Ct. heard arguments about ongoing segregation in Minneapolis schools.
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Across the nation, public schools struggle to provide quality education on equal terms bc of insufficient $$. Public schools are & for decades have been segregated by race & income & offer extremely unequal ed. opportunities to students of different racial & economic backgrounds
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But we are not without hope. Congress can take action – now – to ensure that the path to success is open to students of all backgrounds.
@USCCRgov majority urges Congress to declare public education a federal right.Show this thread -
State and local governments should also take action to promote communities that are not racially segregated & do not have concentrated poverty. This piece from
@alv9n of@voxdotcom lets you see how much a school district reduces or perpetuates segregation: https://www.vox.com/2018/1/8/16822374/school-segregation-gerrymander-map …Show this thread -
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@USCCRgov will continue to stand for equality for all students. Our children – and we adults, who will depend on these children in the future – need educational opportunity that works. /end http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/2018-01-10-Education-Inequity.pdf …Show this thread
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#California went into crisis long ago over#unequal school funding. Recognizing that kids in racially and income#segregatedschools are disadvantaged, Cal has a new unique formula to provide more $$ to these districts. See@Publici film and story for morehttps://www.publicintegrity.org/2017/02/06/20613/get-stand-california-s-search-education-equity …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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