Before students of all colors can succeed equally in Connecticut’s public schools, we must be bluntly honest about why disparities exist. . . An achievement gap would exist if we gave every student equal opportunities and some children still failed to achieve.

http://www.kidscounsel.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/CTperspectives-May-20-15.pdf

Leon Smith, Center for Children’s Advocacy, Director, Alternative Schools Project