by Integrated Schools | May 30, 2017 | events, news
This summer, Integrated Schools is developing a set of Strategies for Integrating with Equity. With so many parents opting in to integrated/integrating schools, we must equip ourselves to do this work well, meaningfully, sustainably, and with equity as the guiding...
by Integrated Schools | May 29, 2017 | news
May 17th was the 62nd anniversary Brown v. Board of Education which begat more than a few retrospectives… and all of them ended with either the disheartening pronouncement that our schools are increasingly segregated now (like this or this or this) or with...
by Integrated Schools | May 22, 2017 | news
by Kelly Bare This is an experimental end-of-week dot-connecting exercise. Let us know what you think! Stories that point out how segregated we are as a society continue to be as important as they are painful to read. But I am grateful for the emerging...
by Courtney Mykytyn | May 15, 2017 | news
Another story of the ongoing Jenner-Ogden merger going on in Chicago with some of our Integrated Schools friends in the windy city There is a lot in here (coded language, property values, racism)… but one thing that jumped out at me was this notion of...
by Courtney Mykytyn | May 7, 2017 | news
So much to cover! Things have been excitingly busy which means, in effect, doing the real work of keeping on top of things slides to the side a bit… (“What do you want for Mother’s Day, Mom?” kid asks. I reply “Time, child. Just a mere 5 extra hours in the day would...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Apr 25, 2017 | news, race, social justice
The Privilege of School Choice: When given the chance, will wealthy parents ever choose to desegregate schools? Worth the read here from Patrick Wall! Article about rezoning in NYC and the deep, deep, deep ‘good/bad’ school stories… Here’s a nice chunk on...
