By Halley Potter, NY Daily News Mayor Bill de Blasio took office in 2014 with a promise to end the "tale of two cities" by fighting economic inequality. His administration's first big policy initiative — to the tune of roughly $400 million per year — was expanding the city's pre-kindergarten program, on the path to universal pre-K. … [Read more...] about Universal Pre-K’s Integration Problem: Bill de Blasio’s Admirable and Promising Program Should be Doing a Better Job Mixing Kids of Different Backgrounds (NY Daily News)
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The Stark Inequality of U.S. Public Schools, Mapped (CityLab)
By Tanvi Misra, CityLab U.S. public schools and the neighborhoods in which they’re located are inextricably tied together. Growing up in economically segregated, low-income neighborhoods comes with a host of disadvantages, one of which is that local schools tend to be underfunded. That means that kids who attend these schools don’t get the same kinds of opportunities and … [Read more...] about The Stark Inequality of U.S. Public Schools, Mapped (CityLab)
Girls In Minority-Heavy High Schools Face Profound Lack of Sports Opportunities (Forbes)
By Bob Cook, Forbes A new report states that in high schools whose student populations are heavily nonwhite, there is a much wider likelihood of a gap in opportunities for girls, compared with boys, to play sports than there would be in a predominantly white school. … [Read more...] about Girls In Minority-Heavy High Schools Face Profound Lack of Sports Opportunities (Forbes)
Education Segregation of the nation’s children starts with preschool, new report finds (Washington Post)
By Lyndsey Layton, Washington Post April 29, 2015 Publicly funded preschools across the country are largely segregated by race and income, and poor children are typically enrolled in the lowest quality programs, according to a new report released Wednesday by researchers at the National Center for Children and Families at Teachers College, Columbia University. … [Read more...] about Education Segregation of the nation’s children starts with preschool, new report finds (Washington Post)
Racial and Economic Segregation Starts in Preschool, Study Finds (Education Week)
By Christina Samuels, Education Week Policymakers haven't paid attention to troubling racial and economic disparities in preschool, leading to a segregated system where low-income and minority children are often attending low-quality and non-diverse early-childhood programs, according to a new report from researchers at Teachers College, Columbia University, in New York. … [Read more...] about Racial and Economic Segregation Starts in Preschool, Study Finds (Education Week)
