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Why diversity is not enough to reach real integration in schools
I just watched this moving TEDx talk by Stanford Sociologist Prudence Carter. She distinguishes between...
Why Poor Schools Might Actually Be Good for Middle Class Kids
We know segregated schools are pretty crappy for poor kids. We know that integrating schools is really hard policy to...
NPR on Race/Class and Integrated Schools
"To be clear, there's evidence that socially as well as racially integrated schools benefit all students. When a...
Gentrifying a school – picking students…
Ummm... So... ... Thoughts? I'm kind of at a loss on this one. Wow... "While students who apply to Satellite West now...
School enrollment patterns in the Deep South are no coincidence.
This speaks primarily about race and most specifically about black/white school segregation... But wondering what you...
History of Integration, then and now…
For your next hour or so of free time, watch this on school integration, 50 years later: So much in this documentary...
3 Ways White Kids Benefit Most From Racially Diverse Schools
We know this already... but here it is again: 1. White students' test scores don't drop when they go to schools with...
Obama Wants To Get Rich And Poor Kids In The Same Classroom
Hip hip hooray!!!! AND! It seems that Obama is paying attention to SOCIOECONOMIC diversity, too......
Our next Ed Secretary might do more for school integration?!
Glad that we are really talking about this... "Duncan [admits] that he couldn’t do enough to desegregate the country’s...
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