This article was originally published in Chalkbeat.
Colorado school districts should revise their school attendance zones at least every four years with a “civil rights focus.” State lawmakers should increase funding to transport students to and from school. And attorneys, advocates, and community organizations should embrace the right to sue over school assignments that increase racial segregation.
Those are among the recommendations in a new report from the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. “ Examining the Racial Impact of Public School Attendance Zones in Colorado ” concludes that the way Colorado draws school attendance boundaries and assigns students to schools mirrors segregated housing patterns and results in low-income families having less access to high-quality schools…