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Oh, Florida…
This is horrible to read. Heartbreaking. But whenever I see these stories (and they are all too common), I...
THINKING ABOUT STUDY-ABROADS AND INTEGRATED CLASSROOMS….
Reading Courtney Martin’s beautiful piece reflecting on her study abroad year in South Africa (The Third World...
District-Making and Charter Schools: “Localism” and “Choice” = Segregation
Two articles today talking about how middle class (mostly white) parents find their way to middle class schools. This...
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...
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