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I was the smart black girl schooled in a white world, but zip code shouldn’t be our education destiny anymore
This is a beautiful essay. This part especially got me: “When we start comparing predominantly white communities to...
Read Dirk Tillotson!
From his blog GreatSchoolVoices.org based out of Oakland, CA... "The basics of desegregation are simple. It just...
A Divided America Gave Us the Problem of a Donald Trump Presidency. Integration is the Solution.
by Kelly Bare Many of us are still in shock: How could so many Americans know the hurtful, unacceptable things Donald...
Take the TWO TOUR Pledge!
As a Parent-with-Choice in support of the fundamental premise that all children have the right to a quality education, and with the belief that in choosing a school for my child I am also building the world they will live in as an adult, I pledge…
Special Ed & Gifted – Guess What? Yeah…
Why Some Kids Are Put In Special Education And Others In Gifted Programs: Racial stereotyping can affect kids at...
How schools KEEP kids in poverty
Heartbreaking. Teacher Kandice Sumner's entire talk is moving and well worth a watch. But this -- this killed me:...
It’s Time to Save the White Boys
no. seriously. read this - Who Will Save Our Rich At Risk White Boys? right now. "I don’t feel guilty — I feel used."...
John Oliver on Segregation (a must-watch!)
A great way to start the week with John Oliver -- though I do wish he had included socioeconomic segregation issues as...
Diversity has become uncoupled from Inequity
Check out this 14 minute interview with the author of the book We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation....
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