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Edit: Charters Leave Many Behind

Six years ago, the Idaho State University Center for Policy Studies, Education Research and Community Development confirmed what many suspected about Idaho’s charter schools: They were engaging in de facto segregation. Sought by school superintendents from Rexburg and Twin Falls, the ISU study suggested like-minded parents - largely affluent whites - were gaming the system to place their children in quasi-private schools using public dollars. Whites were 12 percent more likely to attend a charter. On the other hand, if you were Hispanic, American Indian, struggling with English and low-income, odds favored you attending a traditional school/ Marty Trillhaase , Lewiston Tribune. More here.

Question: Are Idaho charter schools practicing de facto segregation?

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