sunshine05
19th May 2010, 11:20 AM
Finally some common sense! Of course the NAACP is fighting it. ::)
Board takes final step to drop diversity in assigning students
Raleigh, N.C. — After several last-ditch efforts to keep diversity a factor in deciding how to assign students to Wake County schools, the Board of Education voted Tuesday to adopt a controversial policy that moves away from the district's longstanding practice of busing.
A crowd of opponents jeered, shouting "Hey, hey. Ho ho. Resegregation has got to go," following the 5-4 vote that means the district will place students in schools based on where they live rather than socioeconomic status.
That, however, is still a long way off. A committee will work over the next 9 to 15 months on how to implement the policy.
Opponents, including the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, have promised a legal fight. They argue that such a "racial discriminatory policy" will not only segregate economically disadvantaged students but also keep them from receiving the same quality of education as more advantaged students.
"Do not cause us to be segregated,†parent Jonica Rowland said.
Others have predicted that the community-based assignment model will create pockets of poverty and result in low-performing schools and high teacher turnover.
"What happens here is having and will have an impact on the national educational policy ," the Rev. William Barber said in a statement. "We will use every means of direct action, legal, political, in the streets and in the suites, to fight for a constitutional, diverse, high-quality education for every child."
Supporters, however, maintain segregation will not happen and that the plan will allow for more stability for students, allow for more parental involvement and give parents more choices.
The rest of the article: http://www.wral.com/news/education/story/7626737/
Board takes final step to drop diversity in assigning students
Raleigh, N.C. — After several last-ditch efforts to keep diversity a factor in deciding how to assign students to Wake County schools, the Board of Education voted Tuesday to adopt a controversial policy that moves away from the district's longstanding practice of busing.
A crowd of opponents jeered, shouting "Hey, hey. Ho ho. Resegregation has got to go," following the 5-4 vote that means the district will place students in schools based on where they live rather than socioeconomic status.
That, however, is still a long way off. A committee will work over the next 9 to 15 months on how to implement the policy.
Opponents, including the state chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, have promised a legal fight. They argue that such a "racial discriminatory policy" will not only segregate economically disadvantaged students but also keep them from receiving the same quality of education as more advantaged students.
"Do not cause us to be segregated,†parent Jonica Rowland said.
Others have predicted that the community-based assignment model will create pockets of poverty and result in low-performing schools and high teacher turnover.
"What happens here is having and will have an impact on the national educational policy ," the Rev. William Barber said in a statement. "We will use every means of direct action, legal, political, in the streets and in the suites, to fight for a constitutional, diverse, high-quality education for every child."
Supporters, however, maintain segregation will not happen and that the plan will allow for more stability for students, allow for more parental involvement and give parents more choices.
The rest of the article: http://www.wral.com/news/education/story/7626737/