"Public School Choice: Charter School Segregation and the Need for Civil Rights Standards"

A new report by the Civil Rights Project at UCLA has found that charter schools are havens for white re-segregation from public schools, in particular California. While the goal, in theory, is to bring choice and equity, there is little evidence that this has happened. More importantly, requirements requiring that equity data be made available to the federal government has not been enforced. As a result, magnet schools, which have proven to be more equitable, with greater results that charter schools, continue to be overlooked. Read more...