New Haven schools still see segregation
On Thursday afternoon, just a 12 minute walk up Dixwell Avenue from Yale’s central campus, more than 1,000 minority students — and only 20 white students — filed out of James Hillhouse High School.
In a city that is more than 40 percent white, the population of Hillhouse is clearly not representative of the entire community. How much does race matter in New Haven’s schools, 15 years after the city’s current superintendent took office and 10 years after a landmark Connecticut Supreme Court ruling — Sheff vs. O’Neill — ordered Hartford schools to work toward eliminating racial...
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