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The Problem with Ethnic Charter Schools     Email    Printer-Friendly
Richard D. Kahlenberg, The Century Foundation, 1/15/2009
On Monday, a committee of the New York State Board of Regents approved a proposal to create a Hebrew-language charter school in Brooklyn.   The school is part of a growing movement among charter schools to target specific ethnic or racial groups.  As Sara Rimer noted in a front page New York Times story on Saturday, there are 30 ethnic charter schools in Minnesota alone, catering to groups such as Somali, Ethiopian and Hmong immigrants. Continue Reading on the Taking Note Blog.


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