by Courtney Mykytyn | Dec 2, 2015 | our stories, race
We know segregated schools are pretty crappy for poor kids. We know that integrating schools is really hard policy to implement. So then, if we really actually care about integrating schools, it would seem that the only long-lasting way to do this is through parents....
by Courtney Mykytyn | Nov 17, 2015 | our stories, race, social justice
Right now in America (the land of opportunity and democracy), our public schools (funded by taxpayers and imparted with the job of teaching all children) are more segregated now than ever before. We are more segregated than before Mendez v. Westminster...
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...