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2006/10/24

Is A New Era of School Segregation On The Way?

@ 07:55 PM (22 months, 15 days ago)

If the Department of Education has its way, a new era of school segregation may be upon us.

Today, the Department of Education announced new rules that will more easily allow single-sex classrooms or entire schools. Even though single-sex education has shown mixed results, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings says more parents should have the option of letting their son be taught in a classroom of all boys, or their daughter taught in a classroom of all girls.

Even worse, two female senators (Republican Kay Bailey Hutchinson of Texas, and Democrat Hillary Clinton of New York) supported single-sex education under the No Child Left Behind Act, back in 2001.  Shame on them for supporting school segregation.

Feds ease limits on same-sex schools

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