Return-Path: <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h912jFV05101; Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:45:19 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:45:19 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <005c01c387c5$b921e820$ad2aa5d1@air.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Mary Ann Corley" <macorley1@earthlink.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-povracelit@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:1244] News from the Mid-Atlantic Equity Center X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1669 Lines: 43 The following articles are cross-posted from the Mid-Atlantic Equity Center's e-newsletter: Greater Mix Is Urged In Schools (The Baltimore Sun, September 28, 2003) When poor children attend school with students from wealthier backgrounds, they perform much better on standardized tests, according to a new study of Baltimore-area schools written for the Abell Foundation by economist and urban policy authority David Rusk. GOP Senators Urged To Drop Voucher Plan (The Washington Post, September 27, 2003) A Senate Democratic leader yesterday called on Republicans to withdraw a proposal for federal school vouchers in the District, saying that GOP leaders do not have enough support to pass the plan and are risking a delay in more pressing Senate business. Education Chief Says Schools Failing Minorities (The Boston Globe, September 25, 2003) Education Secretary Rod Paige said yesterday that many minority children are so badly served by public schools that their circumstances can be compared to apartheid. SPECIAL ARTICLES & REPORTS The Baltimore Region Is Moving Towards Greater Economic School Segregation, In the Face of Recent Data Reconfirming The Educational Value of Greater Economic School Integration -- A Report to the Community and Recommendations for Solving the Problem (pdf) The Abell Foundation, September 29, 2003 Comment: Making the Grade (on the No Child Left Behind Act) The New Yorker, September 15, 2003 The Invisible Dyslexics: How Public School Systems In Baltimore and Elsewhere Discriminate Against Poor Children (pdf) The Abell Foundation, February 1, 2003 * * * * * * * * * * * -Mary Ann Corley NIFL-Povracelit List Moderator
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