by Elizabeth Doerr | Oct 21, 2026 | integration
Portland Public Schools’ school choice system funnels millions of public dollars away from neighborhood schools into specialized programs that concentrate resources and privilege. When the district announced a “rightsizing” process to address declining enrollment and budget deficits by closing (mostly) neighborhood schools, a network of equity-focused parents came together to argue that PPS’ school choice policies are a root cause of disinvestment in neighborhood schools and the communities they serve — and to advocate for making all neighborhood schools places families want to choose.
by Jenny Devenny | Sep 23, 2026 | integration
White mom and NYC Chapter Leader Jenny shares her reflections on the Nikole Hannah Jones NYT article and her perspective on her kid’s school experience.
by Anna Lodder | Aug 10, 2026 | integration
Nine years ago, Integrated Schools’ project manager Anna wrote a post about sending her daughter to kindergarten at their local, global majority, Title I public school — and the internet had a lot of feelings about it. This is the follow-up as that kindergartner went off to high school this week.
by Integrated Schools | Jul 27, 2026 | integration
When Democratic lawmakers send their kids to private school while sponsoring legislation against school choice, conservatives call it proof that vouchers should be expanded to everyone. We can agree that progressive leaders’ “do as I say not as I do” behavior sucks, but acknowledging that progressive politicians are hypocrites is not the same as arguing that vouchers work, and the data makes that very clear.
by Anna Lodder | Jul 1, 2026 | integration
When Courtney Martin was deciding whether to enroll her daughter at a majority-Black public school in Oakland, Integrated Schools founder Courtney Everts Mykytyn told her something simple: “People like you do things like this.” This post is about what that kind of permission actually does, why the feeling that an integrated school is “impossible” is not common sense but the direct product of racism and disinvestment, and how a connected, visible community of families who choose differently has the power to change what feels normal — for the next family watching, and the one after that.
by Anna Lodder | Jun 19, 2026 | integration
This Juneteenth, we’re redirecting the cultural conversation — away from a certain book by a certain Vice President, and toward the Black authors and activists whose ideas have actually built this work. Noliwe Rooks, Eve Ewing, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Resmaa Menakem, Heather McGhee, Loretta Ross, and bell hooks — whose Communion came first, and matters more. AND: buying a book is not the same as doing the work. Self-education matters, but it’s a beginning, not an arrival. Read the list. Then let it change what you do.
