by Anna Lodder | Jan 23, 2025 | benefits of integration, our stories
Last year, the office of US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy wrote a nearly 30 page health advisory about the mental health issue of parental stress. Anna, a White parent in Phoenix, who also serves on the leadership team at IS, shares her thoughts about the advisory and how it relates to integration.
by Emily Moores | Aug 7, 2022 | benefits of integration, integration, our stories, parenting, race, social justice
White mom, Emily Moores, reflects on the parallels between tending to a garden and tending to the relationships necessary to participate in meaningful integration and living in true community.
by Katie Zaback | Mar 25, 2022 | benefits of integration, our stories, social justice
Though getting to know a global-majority school through a tour or some other approach is valuable, it’s not sufficient to our commitment to integrate schools. It’s also about showing up in a way that honors the existing families and rich cultures that already exist at the schools we choose.
by Peter Piazza | Feb 17, 2020 | benefits of integration, news
Originally posted July 3rd by Peter Piazza at the School Diversity Notebook. The school integration community received a jolt last week when “busing” and voluntary school integration unexpectedly took center stage at the Democratic primary. I’m sure that readers of...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Mar 19, 2017 | benefits of integration, news, our stories, race
This we know, but let’s say it again: “Research shows that middle-class students tend to do as well academically in economically mixed schools. But more than that, there’s emerging research to suggest that, indeed, middle-class students benefit from...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Mar 8, 2016 | benefits of integration
We know segregated schools are pretty crappy for poor kids. We know that integrating schools is really hard policy to implement. So then, if we really actually care about integrating schools, it would seem that the only long-lasting way to do this is through parents....
