Report analyzes school segregation.A November 2006 Center for American Progress The Center for American Progress is a progressive American political policy research and advocacy organization. Its website describes it as "...a nonpartisan research and educational institute dedicated to promoting a strong, just and free America that ensures opportunity for all. report, Lost Learning, Forgotten Promises, considers the educational impact of racial segregation Noun 1. racial segregation - segregation by race petty apartheid - racial segregation enforced primarily in public transportation and hotels and restaurants and other public places in more than 22,000 schools across the country enrolling more than 18 million students. Previous studies on the subject have never included more than a few thousand students, making this study arguably ar·gu·a·ble adj. 1. Open to argument: an arguable question, still unresolved. 2. That can be argued plausibly; defensible in argument: three arguable points of law. the largest ever conducted on the consequences of segregation. Some of the report's findings include: * Blacks and Hispanics learn more in integrated schools; * Minorities in integrated schools perform better in college attendance and employment; * Minority students have lower achievement in segregated schools. Given the Bush administration's commitment to raise achievement in minority schools, these findings raise serious questions about the administration's opposition to the school integration programs in Seattle and Louisville. If the goal is to raise achievement, then opposing desegregation desegregation: see integration. is counterproductive coun·ter·pro·duc·tive adj. Tending to hinder rather than serve one's purpose: "Violation of the court order would be counterproductive" Philip H. Lee. . www.americanprogress.org |
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