School Daze

In Wake County NC the school board met to scrap a school diversity program that was a model for many school systems. The county assigned students to school by their socio-economic status; not their race. But many suburban parents opposed this system, saying their children were bused to schools too far from home.. A complaint also raised in districts where race is the criterion.

In Central Falls RI, the superintendent of schools says she's trying to improve the local high school (and the city's claim to more federal funds) by firing all the teachers.

What's going on at school?

Audio: BBC, PRI & WBUR's Here & Now 3/2/10, Host: Robin Young.