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...class consequences of "tracking," grouping students early in their education. A pamphlet put out by the Center states that "there is some preliminary evidence that tracking, ability grouping, and even grading are strongly related to differences in race and social class." The legal implications of this are under consideration, Kirp said...
...Kirp also said that work is being done with a group of community-organized and community-run schools in Boston to create "a minimum of outside harassment, and a maximum of financial and legal security." Lawsuits, legislation, and other actions are being contemplated...
...Kirp said yesterday that the Center researches the legal and educational as pecks of school problems, then plans to propose direct programs for possible reform...
...Center staff will also try to spread the results of its research as broadly as possible, Kirp said. A bulletin, "Inequality and Education," will be issued six times a year. It will be sent free to people directly involved in education, including community action programs and state and city school committees...
...example of the type of work being done, Kirp said, is the drafting of a model decentralization statute now going on, with specific recommendations for decentralizing the decision-making process in school boards. The group is concentrating its legal research on the current laws in New York City, Washington, D.C., Boston, and Detroit...