District 15 Parents for Middle School Equity
We saw that our District’s former system for applying to middle school was competitively sorting our 5th graders. Whatever the original intended goal of middle school "choice," it resulted in a two-tiered system of middle schools: one that siphoned off a disproportionate number of white; high scoring; and higher-income students; and the other that served primarily lower-performing or lower-income children of color. Our goal was to look at more equitable, fair, and developmentally-appropriate processes for middle school placement for all of our children across District 15 and to serve as a model of desegregation.
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Campaign Advocacy, Grassroots Organizing, Youth Service/Advocacy
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RJPS
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Please check out We Know it When We See: How Parents Can Help Dismantle School Segregation for an in-depth overview of what we learned in our struggle to create a fair and equitable admission standard in D15 Brooklyn.
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