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...
It’s “School Choice Week” and as we think about the ways in which choice can deepen segregation, we hope you’ll enjoy this from teacher and guest-author, Hazel Kight Witham. A few months ago, I walked onto my old middle school campus for a...
2018 is starting off strong — Professor Noliwe Rooks has graciously offered to join us in discussing her new book, Cutting School, for our January Online Book Club selection! We are thrilled and honored — and hope that you all RSVP ASAP for this special...
** Book Club is coming up at the end of October! Register now to discuss Beverly Daniel Tatum’s re-release of Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria! ** Having just returned from the Network for Public Education conference in Oakland and...
Now that school is back in session, Integrated Schools is continuing our monthly Book Club Meetings. We’ve heard reading suggestions from many of you (keep it coming!) and will start this October with a re-read of Beverly Daniel Tatum‘s Why Are All the Black Kids...
When white and/or privileged families enroll their kids in schools serving a majority of students who come from different racial, linguistic, and socioeconomic backgrounds (as many of us across the country are doing!), we often replicate a kind of white supremacy in...