Recently, civil rights litigators persuaded the Minnesota Supreme Court to review school segregation in the state.
Charter advocates, however, are troubled by the legal review of segregation. They think it is worth preserving. Minneapolis has several distinctly segregated charter schools, catering to a single race or ethnic group. They could have made the same arguments in 1896, when Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the principle of “separate but equal” or in 1954, in defense of the 17 states that defended school segregation.
Little wonder that several of Trump’s nominees for federal judgeships have refused to say whether the Brown decision was rightly decided.
Diane Ravitch's blog 
Privatization of public education was an idea introduced by racist, Georgia Governor and Senator Talmadge to avoid integration.
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Linked In’s webpage shows that 14 days ago, the Center for American Progress posted a new job opening- V.P. for Education Policy. I recommend Mercedes Schneider.
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Good one.
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If you are a SCOTUS nominee and can’t say if you support the Brown v Board of Education, you don’t. Then the next question is do you support the Plessy decision? If you don’t know. with all of your legal experience, then you are trying to dupe the Judiciary Committee and the American system of jurisprudence, and join in support of school segregation. Seems like the charter schools in Minnesota have put their stake in the ground in this one.
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In case you missed it: Michigan goes even more stupid.
http://prorevnews.blogspot.com/2018/06/michigan-plans-to-move-social-studies.html
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A blue print for Ohio just published has students studying tech, math, and ELA with “exposure” to social studies, languages, arts…. A little dab will do you and it must be censored to fit the Trumpsters who distain anything hinting at democracy.
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I have spent a career in a diverse school system as an ESL teacher. Encouraging students to honor their culture helps students develop a positive self image that gives students more self confidence. However, too much isolation based on individual differences can lead to low expectations. Where I worked all ELLs received English language instruction on a pull-out or push-in basis rather than self contained classes. Our clear goal was to move students into mainstream classes as soon as possible while honoring their home culture.
Many of our students belonged to cultural clubs and groups outside of school. Russian students attended Russian school on Saturday. Filipino, Haitian and Indian students attended community clubs to learn cultural dances and traditions. I worked with a number of Hispanic parents and older siblings to teach some traditional dances from Mexico, El Salvador and Honduras. Each year my district had a multicultural festival that featured food, displays and dance of the many cultures of the students in our district. Parents eagerly participated in this event. In our district we celebrated students’ cultures without creating an isolated environment of low expectation, which is the risk taken when the culture also intersects with poverty. Unfortunately, this isolation has been the downfall of many bilingual programs.
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What do the plaintiffs in this case seek? A comprehensive order to ensure all Minnesota public schools are sufficiently diverse?
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The online “DFER List” shows public education supporters which candidates (by state) to vote against in primaries.
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https://dferlist.org/page/candidates Here’s the link to the candidates that supporters of public education may want to vote against in the primaries.
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Why isn’t Andrew Cuomo on that list?
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By the way here’s the Obamas’ “early wave” of endorsements in midterms. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/barack-michelle-obama-endorse-nearly-100-midterm-candidates-n896616
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The blog, Bright Light Small City, posted about Minneapolis schools on May 29, 2018, “Minneapolis Public Schools Ghosted by 2040 City Plan”. The author concludes with this quote, “If there is hope for a renewal of our belief in the common good, it resides in the public schools”.
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Segregated schools provide “culturally affirming environments.” What a crock. White suprematists and the fans/followers of Q who love to show their stuff at Trump rallies will soon be demanding such environments,
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I think George Wallace believed in “culturally affirming environments”
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It is possible to be culturally affirming without segregation. We can be culturally affirming in an integrated school where there are tremendous benefits to all as I tried to show in my post above.
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Moreover, most ELLs want to acculturate. Most of them embrace their new language and culture over time. Nobody forces them to “Americanize.” It happens quite naturally with each passing generation. We can respect the old, and embrace the new. If young people want to make here, they have to adapt to the language and culture.
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It isn’t a secret that the move towards privitization has an underlying racism as its impetus.
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Seems that the charter lovers want JIM CROW laws back.
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-jim-crow-laws.html
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