Stamford School System Case Study

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The two trends that will affect the Stamford school system in the future are number two "Majorities will become minorities, creating ongoing challenges for social cohesion" and number three, "Social and intellectual capital will become economic drivers, intensifying competition for well-educated people." (Marx) These two phenomenons represent the future of Stamford because they are issues the city struggles with today.

First, Stamford 's population demographics has changed dramatically in the past 30 years and continues to evolves. Being an urban center Stamford has always had a diverse population but in the past that diversity consisted mainly of African-Americans and Caucasians (largely Italian and Jewish). Within the past 15 years that

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