[net-gold] In a Mothers Case, Reminders of Educational Inequalities
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Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 06:29:34 -0400
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In a Mothers Case, Reminders of Educational Inequalities
By PETER APPLEBOME
Published: April 27, 2011
New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/28/nyregion/
some-see-educational-inequality-at-heart-of-connecticut-case.html
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NORWALK, Conn. The tale outlined outside court by the defendants
supporters had a heartbreaking story line a child tossed out of school, a
homeless mother charged with felony theft for the crime of sending him to
a better school than the one available to her, the inequalities that
define Americas schools.
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But despite the torrent of angry calls and e-mails that have flooded
Norwalks City Hall and school district as a result of the recent
publicity, the case of the mother, Tanya McDowell, got only murkier on
Wednesday as she pleaded not guilty to first-degree larceny and conspiracy
charges stemming from accusations that she illegally sent her child to a
suburban Norwalk school when he really lived in urban Bridgeport.
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Ms. McDowells story has become something of a cause cre since her arrest
two weeks ago; education and civil rights advocates on Wednesday harshly
criticized the charges against her. Others claim the child was summarily
booted out of his elementary school in an affluent neighborhood.
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Yet the larger issue of access to equal education is in danger of being
blurred by the far more complicated matter of just what happened to Ms.
McDowell and her son, Andrew Justin Patches, a kindergartner.
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What is clear is that Ms. McDowells story has become a window onto the
gaping differences in educational quality from town to town or school to
school, and the lengths that some parents will go to get the best
education for their own children.
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Connecticut, with its patchwork of poor cities and wealthy suburbs, has
the largest achievement gap between black and white students of any state
in the country. With economic distress widening and school budgets
tightening, many districts are increasingly focused on making sure that
enrolled students belong in the district.
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The complete article may be read at the URL above.
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