by Courtney Mykytyn | Apr 19, 2016 | news, race
This is horrible to read. Heartbreaking. But whenever I see these stories (and they are all too common), I think about how these (needed, necessary, important) exposés affect the future of integration. When the stories we hear are so often about how awful poor...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Mar 16, 2016 | news, parenting, race
Reading Courtney Martin’s beautiful piece reflecting on her study abroad year in South Africa (The Third World is Not Your Classroom) got me thinking again about my college-age traveling. Hitchhiking through South America was, yes, different from living with a...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Mar 9, 2016 | news, parenting, race
Two articles today talking about how middle class (mostly white) parents find their way to middle class schools. This from redqueenla talks about the segregation generated by charter schools. This, from Erika Wilson’s forthcoming article in Cornell Law Review outlines...
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 | Feb 29, 2016 | news, parenting, race
“To be clear, there’s evidence that socially as well as racially integrated schools benefit all students. When a school reaches a stable level of about 30 percent middle-class students, the lower-income students achieve at higher levels and the privileged...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Feb 24, 2016 | gentrification, news, parenting, race
Ummm… So… … Thoughts? I’m kind of at a loss on this one. Wow… “While students who apply to Satellite West now are randomly selected, Dock Street will likely pick its students based on several criteria, including test scores, grades,...
