by Courtney | 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 | Feb 10, 2016 | benefits of integration, news, parenting, race
We know this already… but here it is again: 1. White students’ test scores don’t drop when they go to schools with large numbers of black and Latino students. 2. Diverse classrooms teach some of the most important 21st-century skills, which matter...
by Courtney | Feb 5, 2016 | benefits of integration, news, parenting, race
Sean Riley says it beautifully. “Right now we have winner schools and we have loser schools…It’s a race, class and privilege issue… Without [all] students interacting, there is no constructive tension. Those who come from privilege have no...