by Anna Lodder | Jun 16, 2026 | integration
What if school choice isn’t really a choice between being a “good parent” and being a “martyr”? IS parent Anna revisits her family’s high school decision and makes the case for a third way: self-interest rooted in the understanding that our well-being is bound up together. Not martyrdom, not optimization — alignment. A practical, personal look at what it actually means to choose integrated public schools, season after season, decision after decision.
by Integrated Schools | May 17, 2026 | integration
Brown v. Board opened the door to school desegregation in this country. Showing up for integration – that is, actually walking through the door and integrating our families – is the work that White people most consistently avoid. Integrated Schools is all about getting those of us with racial and economic privilege to do that necessary work. Here’s how we turn your $19.54 into meaningful change!
by Integrated Schools | May 11, 2026 | integration
This post is the first of a 3-part series marking the 72nd anniversary of the May 17 1954 unanimous Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. We’re asking readers to commit to the future of school integration with a one-time or monthly gift of $19.54, which Integrated Schools will split with the Thurgood Marshall Foundation.
by Anna Lodder | Apr 27, 2026 | integration
A recent piece on NPR about school choice in Iowa asked a question I think about all the time: when school choice is booming, who actually wins? (Spoiler alert: NOBODY)…
by Anna Lodder | Mar 5, 2026 | integration
What happens when we actually name the dynamics already shaping a room? Things like Race, Class, Access, Power. Who feels comfortable speaking? Who doesn’t? At our recent Integrated Schools gathering we experimented with a simple practice: naming dynamics before starting the work. Not to shame anyone. Not to force vulnerability. Just to acknowledge reality. Because pretending dynamics don’t exist doesn’t make them disappear. It just makes them harder to navigate.
by Integrated Schools | Feb 1, 2026 | integration
In this dark time when powerful people are doing their worst to divide us, we light each other’s way forward with an even more powerful truth: that the only way we win is together.
