The authors focused particularly on new arrivals to the state’s high schools. Many of these students arrive in the Bay State after disrupted formal schooling and sometimes bearing the weight of trauma.
The pace of new arrivals quickened in 2022, with 5,600 migrants enrolling in public high schools. Half of the newcomers registered at 14 high schools statewide.
Massachusettsâ public schools are highly segregated. Itâs time we treated that like the crisis it is
The Bay State hasnât demonstrated any real urgency around integration in decades. Millions of children have paid the price.
By David Scharfenberg Globe Staff,Updated December 11, 2020, 3:05 a.m.
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In mid-August, a group called Policy for Progress commissioned a poll of Massachusetts voters.
The state, like the rest of the country, was in the midst of a racial reckoning. And the organization wanted to gauge public opinion on a crucial but often forgotten issue: school segregation.
A solid majority, it turned out â 55 percent â agreed that school segregation is a âbigâ or âsomewhat bigâ problem in the United States.