by Courtney Mykytyn | Feb 16, 2016 | news, parenting, race
This speaks primarily about race and most specifically about black/white school segregation… But wondering what you all think of this “white people tend to perceive an inverse relationship between the quality of a school and the number of black students...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Feb 12, 2016 | news, race
For your next hour or so of free time, watch this on school integration, 50 years later: So much in this documentary this is painful and troubling – then AND now. So much speaks to people who truly care about equality in education. So much is about a work in progress...
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 21, 2016 | news, race
This is happening across the country. Though our schools are more socioeconomically segregated than ever before (!!!!!), there are many of us out here who believe in integrated/ing schools. But it is an uphill battle. Thanks for this article, Aaron Traister. Though...
