Amanda Lewis & John Diamond’s Despite the Best Intentions: How Racial Inequality Thrives in Good Schools (2015) will be our next Book Club reading! Despite the Best Intentions is a great read for families opting in to integrating schools (especially the fifth...
“I don’t want my baby to be the only white kid.” We hear this a lot. Somehow we don’t hear the inverse question being asked of parents of color whose children attend majority-white schools. And somehow we think of this as a problem rather...
If anyone is interested in talking school integration, and particularly if you are wanting to have these discussions (or organize) in your community, join us for our video-chat tonight! It appears that we will be having a bit of an impromptu local-organizing...
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute interviewed Dr. Howard Fuller the other day. You may remember Dr. Fuller from a recent debate hosted by The Century Foundation. During the TCF debate on whether school segregation is one of the most pressing educational issues, Dr....
The Nikole Hannah-Jones Fan Club Book Club! Integrated Schools is unapologetically and enthusiastically part of the Nikole Hannah-Jones Fan Club – and in March we’ll be doing this with gusto! Last year we discussed some of her best material for our first ever book...
Thanks to everyone who came to our Book Club discussions with Dr. Noliwe Rooks yesterday and Sunday. The conversations were provocative and it was inspiring to connect with parents from Seattle to Philly, Houston to Madison. And a million thanks to Dr. Rooks who...
