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An Associated Press about segregation in charter schools has sparked a stinging backlash from education advocates across the country.

The article, which went out wide on the AP wire under the headline 鈥�,鈥� makes the assertion that charter schools are more likely than district schools to have a 99 percent or higher minority population, which the reporters say correlates to 鈥渓ow achievement levels鈥� for students.

The article was published in several major metropolitan newspapers, and was featured in , , and

Several education reform leaders and organizations promptly criticized the AP for conflating school quality and diversity, and emphasized that families often choose to send their children to charter schools due to a lack of academically suitable choices in their neighborhoods. Several notable education leaders also observed that the article seemed to be criticizing charter schools for the long-standing segregation of the surrounding community.

Shavar Jeffries, president of Democrats for Education Reform, said in a that the Associated Press report was a 鈥渕issed opportunity鈥� to explore the issue of segregation and racial achievement gaps.

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Johnny C. Taylor Jr., president of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which represents students attending historically black colleges and universities, tweeted that the article 鈥渇rustrated鈥� him:

The article also received pushback from people and organizations that participated in the piece.

Howard Fuller, an advocate of school choice who is on the board of a charter school and was previously the district superintendent in Milwaukee, tweeted a response.

鈥淚t鈥檚 a waste of time to talk about integration,鈥� said Fuller, who is in the story, which focuses on two Milwaukee charter schools. 鈥淗ow do these kids get the best education possible?鈥�

Concept Schools, the charter management organization overseeing one of the schools featured, Milwaukee Math and Science Academy, said in a that the story 鈥渇ailed to recognize charter schools are often limited to operate in socioeconomically segregated communities with failing traditional district schools, and poverty is widely understood to correlate with low student proficiency.鈥�

Others took to Twitter to praise the AP鈥檚 reporting, seeing it as an indictment of the charter movement.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers union, said the article offered 鈥渄amning鈥� evidence against charter schools.

A spokesperson for the Associated Press told 蜜桃影视 that the news organization 鈥渟tands by its reporting.鈥�

This is the issue of segregation in charter schools has come up. A 2016 Brookings Institution indicated that although charter schools are more segregated by race than traditional district schools, school quality matters more for educational outcomes than a school鈥檚 racial makeup.

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