Charleston County school leaders lay out plans to address huge disparities
It is a system of haves and have-nots born out of racism, white flight and school choice. Yet Charleston County School District leaders insist they are determined to tackle, once and for all, the huge disparities that have plagued their schools since a court order forced desegregation a half-century ago.
It won’t be easy. People will get angry.
But if struggling schools don’t improve, thousands more children will graduate reading far below grade level, ill-prepared for most jobs and having never sat in a desk beside a person of another race or income level.
