Parent input ignored in school closings

<P>Contact: Muhammad Khalifa<BR>mkhalifa@msu.edu<BR>517-432-9600<BR>Michigan State University <BR>
<P>EAST LANSING, Mich. ? Officials who close neighborhood schools in poor, urban areas often ignore parents' input, which only reinforces the "institutionalized racism that plagues U.S. schools," a Michigan State University scholar argues.</P>
<P>From Michigan to Texas, superintendents and school boards are closing dozens of urban

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