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Charter schools to discuss segregation
- 03-03-2010
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KRCA Sacramento
Charter school leaders from across California are gathering in Sacramento Tuesday, and one of the hot topics for discussion is a new study that criticizes those schools on allegations of being racially segregated. When classes let out at Sacramento Charter High School, more than half of the students who leave are all one race. Before Sac High became a charter school in 2003, four ethnic groups made up roughly equal parts of the student body. Now, African-Americans account for nearly 56 percent of students at Sac High, while Asians and whites are each less than 6 percent. The recent study by researchers at UCLA said across the country, charter schools show "high levels of minority segregation." (more...)
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