According to blogger Joanne Jacobs,
Albany?s charter students (85 percent poor, 96 percent black or Latino) are outperforming students in district-run schools (68 percent poor, 80 percent black or Latino), reports the Albany Times Union. But those poor, little, high-performing charter kids are racially isolated, the Times Union charges in a front-page story. There aren?t enough white students in their classes.
That?s because the Brighter Choice Foundation, which runs all of Albany?s charters, opened schools in the neediest neighborhoods, writes Jason Brooks of Foundation for Education Reform and Accountability.
In May, I wrote about charter school diversity in North Carolina. Follow the link below.
Charter School Diversity: Too black, too white, or just right?
