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Racial Gaps Stir Syracuse Educators Alarming trends in city schools prompt desegregation history and new programs
The article outlines persistent racial imbalances in Syracuse schools across districts and schools, noting white and black enrollment disparities, private school influence, and high dropout rates. It highlights tests showing lower reading and math scores for black students, ongoing desegregation efforts since the 1960s, and school programs like KINDLE to boost reading, with personnel stressing parental influence and resource access.
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Jamesville-DeWitt
Perscent
Onondaga
Tully
Skaneateles
Catholic School Supporters and Alumni
Syracuse
New York State
Science Research Associates
Octavia Wilcox
Porter Elementary
Denise Levine
New York
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington-Irving
Madigan
Central High School
Sumner
The
Congress On Racial Equality
Urban League
David H. Jaquith
Madison
Peeing Oadretny
U.S. Commission On Civil Rights
Commission
Jaquith
State Education Department
Ann Felton
Onondaga Community College
Felton
Ewald Nyquist
Amula
Clary
DR. King
East Castle Street
Judy Brooks
Croton
Central Village
Brooks
King
Weeks
Delaware
Seymour
King School
Hall
Kindle
Seymour and King
Pat Hall
King and Seymour
Harriet Tubman
Onondaga County Urban League