State Eyes A New Tack
by Rachel Gottlieb Frank
In an acknowledgment that attracting white students to Hartford, Conn. has been a tough sell, the focus of court-ordered desegregation efforts in Greater Hartford may soon be shifting to the suburbs.State education officials are talking about channeling more than $100 million toward building new magnet schools in Hartford-area towns and increasing the number of slots for city students in suburban schools through the Open Choice program.
The Hartford Courant, 3/3/2008