by Katie Zaback | Mar 25, 2022 | benefits of integration, our stories, social justice
Though getting to know a global-majority school through a tour or some other approach is valuable, it’s not sufficient to our commitment to integrate schools. It’s also about showing up in a way that honors the existing families and rich cultures that already exist at the schools we choose.
by Peter Piazza | Feb 17, 2022 | integration, news, parenting, race, social justice
My last post was about the exchange between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden at the first round of Democratic primary debates earlier this summer. It’s amazing to me that this already feels so distant. Before getting to the main topic for the posts this week, here’s a quick summary of some of the major things that have happened in the last month or so.
by Integrated Schools | Jul 22, 2020 | news, parenting, social justice
As school districts have started rolling out their plans for the Fall, parents across the country have started to react. In White and/or privileged communities, we have noticed A LOT of chatter about learning pods, or small groups, or micro-schooling. It feels like...
by Peter Piazza | Feb 17, 2020 | integration, news, parenting, race, social justice
Part 1 of the roundup, published yesterday, looked at recent school integration debates in Austin, TX and Wake County, NC. This post summarizes similar activity in Sausalito, Oakland, nearby Baltimore, Charleston, SC and Richmond, VA. As I note in the first post,...
by Ali Takata | Nov 14, 2018 | our stories, race, social justice
It was about this time last year that I rediscovered Nikole Hannah-Jones. I was familiar with her articles, but this time was different. In November 2017, segregation simmered in the forefront of my mind because for two years my family and I had lived in a very...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Oct 24, 2018 | news, race, social justice
From Charlottesville, Virginia to Vista, California, glad to see that school segregation is getting media attention. And though the details might be different, the stories are familiar: attendance battle zones, magnet/gifted programs and classroom-level...
