Rich Haglund

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  Rich commented on the article | over 2 years ago

  Still Separate, Still Unequal? (An Introduction)

  Dan:

  
  

  Last year, Nashville went through a rezoning process that, depending on choices students and families made, could lead to more segregated student bodies at some schools.  Something that was never discussed at the time, in meetings or in the media, was the fact that the poor and minority students who were being bused to schools in wealthier areas, were not doing well in thier schools far from home. Those schools, in fact, had lower value-added scores than some of the schools that served almost entirely poor and minority students.  That data was easily available in the state report card online, but it was never discussed in the media.

  
  

  I wished that the uproar had been over the lack of quality teachers and the right resources for all students.  That's what Brown v. Board was about.  My wife and I were glad that our son's elementary school class was diverse in many ways, but we were much more concerned with the quality of teaching he had access to.