by Courtney Mykytyn | Feb 10, 2016 | benefits of integration, news, parenting, race
We know this already… but here it is again: 1. White students’ test scores don’t drop when they go to schools with large numbers of black and Latino students. 2. Diverse classrooms teach some of the most important 21st-century skills, which matter...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Feb 10, 2016 | news, parenting, race
Hip hip hooray!!!! AND! It seems that Obama is paying attention to SOCIOECONOMIC diversity, too… http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…/obama-education-budget_us_5… And here is another article on this from The Atlantic:...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Feb 5, 2016 | benefits of integration, news, parenting, race
Sean Riley says it beautifully. “Right now we have winner schools and we have loser schools…It’s a race, class and privilege issue… Without [all] students interacting, there is no constructive tension. Those who come from privilege have no...
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...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Jan 4, 2016 | our stories, parenting, race
Holy Hell. I was in the middle of writing a post the other morning about our collective parenting angst regarding schools when my phone exploded with 6am texts from fellow parents. Our district closed all schools for the day due to a “credible terrorism threat.” So...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Nov 10, 2015 | gentrification, our stories, parenting, race
I am an anthropologist by training but have found myself working over the past decade as a somewhat begrudging education advocate. It all started when my kids were very little and I would take breaks from writing my dissertation (toddler napping in bed, computer on...
