Summary: Ever since the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board, policy makers have been trying to come up with best practices for achieving racial and socioeconomic diversity within public school systems. In a new Abell Report, Susan Eaton, research director at the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice at Harvard Law School, makes a compelling case for magnet schools as a solution by examining the successes of magnets in the Hartford area. A look at the Connecticut experience and what it could mean for Baltimore-area schools with Eaton, Liz Bowie, education reporter for The Baltimore Sun; and Mel Freeman, executive director of the Citizens Planning and Housing Association, Inc.
