Here is the contact page to the alleged "administrators" at Evanston Township High School. Tell 'em what's on your mind. -- Ed.
When he scans the faces in his honors science courses at Evanston
Township High School, chemistry teacher William Farmer can easily see
who's missing: minority kids.
"Out of 26, you might have three nonwhite students," he said.
One
of the most racially mixed high schools in Illinois, Evanston has a
mission of embracing diversity and promoting equity and excellence for
all students. But its own data show that few minority students make it
into the school's most rigorous courses that will best prepare them for
college and the future.
Honors classrooms dominated by white
students have been common in Illinois and across the nation, a byproduct
of a century-old and controversial tradition of tracking, or sorting,
students into different levels of classes.
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In Washington, the federal government is pushing for states to increase
academic standards to better prepare students for college and work, and
the U.S. Department of Education has stepped up civil rights monitoring
that gauges whether schools are providing minority students access to
rigorous programs.
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