by Courtney Mykytyn | Jun 17, 2016 | gentrification, news, our stories, race
Yeah… A lot to say on this one… first this: “By 1988… school integration in the United States had reached its peak and the achievement gap between black and white students was at its lowest point since the government began collecting data. The...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jun 4, 2016 | news, our stories, race
“I grew up in a two-parent, white, middle class household. I’m a third generation college graduate. My parents are educated professionals and they were able to involve themselves in my education. They entered my name into the magnet school lottery more than...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Mar 8, 2016 | news, our stories, race
I just watched this moving TEDx talk by Stanford Sociologist Prudence Carter. She distinguishes between diversity (a picture of demographics) and integration (where everyone feels that they truly belong). I found this useful in part because it helps tease out...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jan 8, 2016 | our stories, race, social justice
Though author/teacher James Ford is talking about Charlotte-Mecklenburg in particular, these are questions we all face… “Are we a community that responds to the needs of every student and values the benefits of integrated schools? Or are we a community...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jan 7, 2016 | news, our stories, race, social justice
This is an older post, but one worth revisiting. From Nikole Hannah-Jones, one of the reporters in the This American Life 2-part series on segregated schools (definitely DEFINITELY worth listening to if you haven’t already. pretty gut wrenching...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jan 7, 2016 | news, our stories, parenting, race
Interesting question posed to the Ethicist of NYtimes. While some of the comments definitively advised the couple to take care of their own child and send him to the best school possible, I was heartened to see a good number of responses in support of Integrated/ing...
