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...report on the Cambridge Ridge and Latin School (CRLS) was the first to be released in an ongoing Civil Rights Project study of racial and ethnic diversity in several school districts across the country...
Nearly all of the CRLS seniors surveyed for the study—95 percent—indicated that they were “comfortable” or “very comfortable” working with students from other groups. And the results were consistent across all racial groups...
Compared to responses from the study’s other school districts, which the authors will not identify until reports on those districts are completed, Cambridge students showed more interaction with and acceptance of people of other racial and ethnic backgrounds...
...study found academic “achievement gaps” existed between students of different racial backgrounds—a problem that starts even before high school. Students enter CRLS with unequal levels of academic achievement, the researchers found...
Students in Cambridge are assigned to elementary schools according to a desegregation plan that lets parents list their top three elementary school choices but enforces a system of racial quotas. Under the new plan passed earlier this month, students will also be assigned on the basis of family income...