Separate But Equal: A Real-Time Experiment Mixes Classes in Classrooms

Separate But Equal: A Real-Time Experiment Mixes Classes in Classrooms - "People sympathetic to the inherent inequalities of urban schools still talk a lot about inadequate and unequal funding, as if their hearts and minds seem not to know where else to reach. But inequality—the unmentioned elephant in the room during the Simpson-Waverly Marlborough field trip—actually includes a constellation of characteristics that go far beyond not having enough money or as much money as the suburbs do. Equal funding for schools, while instrumental in true reform, hasn’t alone proven sufficient. Comparing urban and suburban schools—or privileged and disadvantaged schools—requires more than a glance at balance sheets."