by Integrated Schools | Jun 23, 2018 | our stories
Integrated Schools is impacting families and communities from coast to coast and with our increasing level of outreach comes the opportunity to scale up our work with intentionality, strategy, and collaboration through a Parent Advisory Board. We need your ideas as...
by Integrated Schools | Jun 1, 2018 | events, our stories
You are invited to Integrated Schools DC’s next event! Towards Integrated and Equitable Schools June 10th, 1:30pm-3:30pm Petworth Neighborhood Library, 4200 Kansas Ave NW, Washington, DC 20011 Decades after Brown v. Board of Education, schools in DC are...
by Ali McKay | May 30, 2018 | our stories
Real estate segregation and school segregation have obviously been linked for a long time. This was no accident when it started – government policies, redlining, restrictive housing covenants, and more, created a lasting phenomenon. But now, we have an app, we have a rating and we have our GoHere! Drops and StayAway! Circles that do the job even more efficiently than ever, even if the overt racial animus that originally caused segregation has lessened.
by Integrated Schools | May 25, 2018 | events, our stories
Over the past year, we’ve been hearing from more and more parents who are thinking about the issue of school segregation from a place of faith. We are excited to talk about this online with our special guests — and you! School Integration and Faith...
by Courtney Mykytyn | May 17, 2018 | our stories, race, social justice
Today marks the 64th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling stating that separate schools are not equal schools. It is not a time for celebration. Despite six decades of desegregation policy (and six decades of resistance to it), our public schools are...
by Courtney Mykytyn | May 14, 2018 | our stories
I’ve been thinking a lot today about what it means to be a mother… and, in particular, what our narrow pop-culture narratives tell us being a Good Mother looks like. Believing in our children, ushering them forth with the tools to be courageous and decent...