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Show DAILY ‘No Child” law raisesfears of school segregation CORRECTIONS:The Herald correctserrors of fact appearing in its News and opinion columns.If you have a correction, call 344-2586. » More than four years after | Frese Dah ened She NoChild Left Behind As ADVERTISING CLASSIFIED 3736450 For missing papers, call by 9 am, ADVERTISING FAX 3863012 weekdays or 10 a.m. on weekends. ———___________ SUBSCRIPTIONS The Daily Herald (ISSN 0891-2777, USPS 143-060)is published mom- Delivery by . am. ne RETAIL Done nee ereStedcoon maaan Ooan — sigecniption eaconanes : 344-2946, __in€S. Sunday through Saturday, misyOoty — LateegeSt Correction a e.” scores aren't being counted making its future under the _ter writing tests as frequently as__ districts aren't going to suffer. _ currently meeting its goals. The law stresses getting students proficient in math and reading the government requires. Henry Johnson, the U.S. Department of Education's as- at all,” said Jonathan Kozol, an, educator and author of several acclaimed bookson race and “They're (federal officials) not validating the incremental successes, but we are making great = said Stacey McCann, who supports the law. “I secondary education, said he understands the concerns but believes the accountability the new law imposes on schools will ultimately benefit all chil _ . "re going to be rewarded for their selfi : They're going to be rewarded for their racial insularity because they’re not admitting any kids who are « dren. at any academicrisk. They're _Frank Bass" for Connecticut to peal schools ... are making The creation of groups “might generate concern. I don't want to dismiss that. But the reality is, that whoever showsup has to | C. Dwight Elementary School | harks back to aneariier era of’ | learning.Its ceilings are high, thereis a fireplace inthe library and students wear uniforms as = they dart between classrooms. Tit The oldest public scho6!in oneof the nation’s oldest cities, Dwight finds itself at the center under the tg don't want the same uncertainty. They are resisting efforts to diversify, fearing that taking minority or poor students will hurt their chances _to meet the law’s requirements. “We've hada reluctance on the part of schooldistricts to accept youngsters who come is that they'll be taught well. .. Good instruction is good instruction,” Johnson said. Associated Press reported Mondaythatstates across the country arehelping their Public schools skirt the law's requirements by deliberately undercounting nearly 2 million | migrant neighborhood, Henry | first-rate public schools, those © sistant secretary for elementary education. but they might not make a mark that has been set.” Many of Connecticut's mostly white,rich suburban schools, md.In the Tuesday article “Federal judge: Get mediation in or low-income kids intotheir underthe law’s required racial law uncertain even though it is | ‘aul contents © 2006. Dally Merald. Ary tepeoduction or other use is strictly prohibited with outwritten permission. that turn their backs on all efforts to admit minority kids arguing it istoo | THE ASSOCIATEDPRESS | | HARTFORD, Conn. | — Wedged in a poor, gritty im- MEMBER,AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS — jon, categories. An Associated Press review found states are exploitinga legal loophole thatis giving a false picture of by 2014,the principal says. Box 717, Provo, Utah 84603-0717. eeee cially and economically diverse, Child | academic progress. This is the | second of a four-part series | describing what AP found across the country. | changes to The Daily Herald, P.O. The Se Shea ‘Holiday delivery includes delivery the weeks of Easter, Memonal Day _ Independence Day, Pioneer Day. good an education as whites. ‘The state also is leading a multistate lawsuit challenging the No eae aeeiee failure. Dwight’s population is ra- nearly 2 million children’s'S test by Lee Publications,a division of Lee Enterprises, Inc., 1555 N. Freedom Bivd.. Provo, Utah 84604. Periodicals postage paid at Provo, Utah. Postmaster: Send address ee scoathen & tokio? ieencey Ooty Wednesday, April 19, 2006 ‘NO CHILD’ LOOPHOLE Dailu<Herald HOME DELIVERY 375-5103 RERALD which already are succeeding —_be taught. And the expectation ed school.” Barbara Radner,director of. DePaul University’s Centerfor. Urban Education, works with Chicago public schools and has heard someparents complain aboutthe treatmentof inner city children when they move to suburban schools. “I have heardthat there is a of a growing national debate in with deficiencies because should haveread that Dr. Wendell Gibby over whetherthe nation’s new- they're concerned thatif they nual test scores in the required because they are dragging in Mapleton, andhis last quote should have t simply let someoneabrogate your right of est education experimentis — unexpectedly — encouraging get enough of them ... they'll becomelabeled as failing schools,” racial categories. Byreducing the number of those schools down in the lists,” Radnersaid. ae ee e , tenaid wantsits news reportsto be fair and doour best to identifyand correctall errors. wad an error, please reportit to us bycalling 344- | |" | schoolsegregation. That’s because the No Child Left Behind Act requir: schools to demonstrate that studentsin specific racial, social and economic groups are making annual progress. A school fails if even one groupfails. The mostly minority students’ an- not admitting any kids who had beenpreviously studying, for . perhaps the first six yearsof school,in a rotten, overcrowd- Connecticut Education Commissioner Betty Sternberg said. And that complicates Sternberg’sefforts to resolve the nation’s longest-running desegregation lawsuit, which accuses Connecticut offailing to provide minority students with as resentment toward those kids scores,the schools are improving their chances of avoiding failure and the penalties that go withit. Another unintended solution, experts say,is for schools to becomeless diverse. “The really rich andritzy suburbs that don't participate When Congress passed the landmarklaw in 2001, Dwight was oneof Hartford's worstrated schools and exactly the type of multiracial, underperforming school the governmentintended to pressureto - improve. LOOKWHAT’S NEW TODA Y! Call 373-6450 to have yourclassified ads in this section! Garage ant Yate Comes fete Weemied MOVING SALE!!! Saturday, | 22, 8am Fitiess & rec. equip, misc goods, 222 South 900 East, Orem, mm ‘Track Parts Conerete Fiat Work Foreman & Laborers Wanted immediately! F/T Exp necessary Pay DOE 372-9700 Clase DUMP TRUCK ome-he seting ing women who surfer with eating disorders. Forinfo 90 DRIVER,F/T Help Wanted: Maintenance & Direct Care open. EAST LAKE CARE & (eerahre. 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