New Report: CHARTER SCHOOLS’ POLITICAL SUCCESS IS A CIVIL RIGHTS FAILURE

from the civil rights project @ ucla

February 4, 2010 - CRP's analysis of the 40 states, the District of Columbia, and several dozen metropolitan areas with large enrollments of charter school students reveals that not only are charter schools more racially isolated than traditional public schools in virtually every instance, but troubling data gaps also make it impossible to assess charter schools enrollments of low-income and English Learner students.

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Download the report, "Choice without Equity: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards," by E. Frankenberg, G. Siegel-Hawley, and J. Wang Related documents: Executive summary State fact sheets: Arizona fact sheet. Arkansas fact sheet California fact sheet Florida fact sheet Michigan fact sheet North Carolina fact sheet What people are saying about... Press release All documents listed above in a compressed ZIP file.