Separate and Unequal: Segregation and Educational Opportunity in Metro Boston
An education research and policy conference examining school segregation, student achievement, and access to higher education in metropolitan Boston
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Apr 21, 2004 09:15 AM to 12:30 PM |
| Where | Askwith Hall, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University |
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The Civil Rights Project (formerly at Harvard University), the Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition, the Center for Education Policy at UMass/Amherst, and the Suffolk University Law School Juvenile Justice Center held an education research and policy conference examining school segregation, student achievement, and access to higher education in metropolitan Boston. The conference was titled “Separate and Unequal: Segregation and Educational Opportunity in Metro Boston,” and occurred on Wednesday, April 21 from 9:15 am to 12:30 pm at Askwith Hall, Graduate School of Education, Harvard University.
The Metropolitan Boston Equity Initiative was a yearlong effort investigating racial change and the implications of such change for social and economic opportunity within the region's diverse population. Conducted by the Civil Rights Project (formerly at Harvard University), and sponsored by the Foley Hoag Foundation, the Hyams Foundation, the Boston Foundation, John Hancock and the Fannie Mae Foundation, the Initiative aimed to:
- Generate a powerful series of reports on racial change and inequalities in metropolitan Boston, including analyses of positive public policy changes and discussions of alternative measures and visions for the future;
- Stimulate a broad discussion among community groups, local and state leaders, the media, civil rights organizations, and researchers over the problems and possible solutions for issues raised in these reports.
