Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Century Fund Report: More Schools Nationwide are Experimenting with Diversity Programs
As the city faces increasing pressure to promote school diversity, a new report shows that more districts nationwide are using socioeconomic status to shape admissions processes.
Ninety-one districts and charter networks now have at least one school that factors socioeconomic status into its assignments, according to a report, A New Wave of School Integration, released Tuesday by the Century Foundation. The number identified by the foundation has more than doubled since 2007 and represents about 4 million students nationwide, the report says.
The report comes after the city enacted a law to report school diversity statistics and more recent controversies over school-zone changes, and in the wake of a widely reported 2014 study showing New York City had one of the country’s most segregated school systems. In November, the city announced a pilot program designed to increase diversity at a handful of elementary schools. . .