Diversify City Schools and Make Them Better
New York Times- November 9, 2016
NY Times

Key Points: Balancing equity of resources and space in schools. Diversify student populations. Ensure all students have access to excellent education. Some groups are opposing the moves, because of fears of their own students success changing. There are two schools in particular that are very different. One is mostly white, lots of money, and overcrowded, with a very long waiting list. The second school has much more space, is mostly minority students, and low income. It is the hope of a newly created citizen council to move the boundaries in order to balance things out a bit more. So that all students have a chance at an excellent education.

Relevance: This is what is happening across the country. Sometimes to balance populations and resources, such as these schools in New York, or even with the addition of new school buildings, and the redrawing of attendance boundaries, as was recently seen in Beaverton.

Audience: Parents, students, teachers, administrators, community.