Study: Charter schools aid desegregation

UA researchers don't understand case, attorney for LR district counters

By Cynthia Howell

Open-enrollment charter schools in Pulaski County are helping rather than hindering racial desegregation efforts in traditional public schools, concludes a new study by researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.

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This article was published September 29, 2009 at 5:06 a.m.

Front Section, Pages 1, 6 on 09/29/2009

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nlr_resident says...

Really? How much money was wasted on this "study"? We talk about the economy, yet, we waste time and money on this type of study? America needs to get a grip. Money should be pumped into the schools to bring them all up to par. Teachers should be paid well for their efforts and fired when they don't meet certain standards. Parents should be fined or jailed when they don't take care of their responsibilities with their children and school. We spend money to bus kids from neighborhood to neighborhood, but the schools aren't meeting academic requirements. So what do we do about it? We give them the option of being bussed to another school - IF there is another available school that is meeting the requirements. How about we keep our kids in our neighborhoods? Don't like the school? MOVE to the neighborhood where you do like the school! Many parents don't participate in school activities if the kid goes to school across town. Many parents don't care about the school, or what the kid is doing at the school. Let's spend some money on that study!! If your kid is being bussed to another neighborhood, DO YOU ATTEND ALL OF THE SCHOOL FUNCTIONS? Ask the parents of kids in private schools why they choose that option. Ask the parents of kids in charter schools why they choose that option. It's because most of the public schools aren't worth attending. There is no quick fix. But "desegregation" obviously isn't working.

September 29, 2009 at 8:07 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

mgmm1_sbcglobal.net says...

Children should go to school in their own neighborhoods. What happened to the day that a child could walk to school without fear of being robbed or beaten?

September 29, 2009 at 9:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

pulaski_resident says...

I agree with the above posts. Put children in neighborhood schools. Sure the schools need to be improved... Almost all of them, do. Moving kids to other neighborhoods doesn't change that. Spending all the money on busing takes money away from improving schools. When I was in school, I had my own book for every class. Last year, my son had three classes in which he had to use a classroom set and did not even have book to take home to work from. But he had plenty of classmates from all over town.

September 29, 2009 at 7:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

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