Happy (?) Brown v. Board of Education Day… and What ONE PARENT Can Do

by Courtney Mykytyn | May 17, 2018 | our stories, race, social justice

Today marks the 64th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling stating that separate schools are not equal schools. It is not a time for celebration. Despite six decades of desegregation policy (and six decades of resistance to it), our public schools are...

The Intrusion of White Families Into Bilingual Schools

by Courtney Mykytyn | Jan 2, 2018 | gentrification, news, race, social justice

Dual Language programs are fantastic for a host of reasons… and they can be damn impressive mechanisms for school integration. But when we hide integration behind the coolio-program-that-gives-my-kid-another-advantage, we are undermining its greatest promise....

For White Americans, Diversity is a Bonus: Priorities and more!

by Courtney Mykytyn | Oct 12, 2017 | news, parenting, race, social justice

Another good discussion w/ Nikole Hannah-Jones who was just named one of the 2017 MacArthur Fellows. If you haven’t read/heard everything she’s said, please do! But you can start with this Adam Ruins Everything podcast interview. A worthwhile way to spend...

When given the chance, will wealthy parents ever choose to desegregate schools?

by Courtney Mykytyn | Apr 25, 2017 | news, race, social justice

The Privilege of School Choice: When given the chance, will wealthy parents ever choose to desegregate schools?  Worth the read here from Patrick Wall!  Article about rezoning in NYC and the deep, deep, deep ‘good/bad’ school stories…   Here’s a nice chunk on...

Bridging the Divide (a Baltimore series on school integration)

by Courtney Mykytyn | Mar 28, 2017 | news, race, social justice

  This Baltimore Sun series on school integration is solid – heartbreaking and well worth a read. The first article, Bridging the Divide, reports on the process of redrawing school boundaries and (spoiler alert!) another win for segregation under the guise of...

Have we lost sight of the promise of public schools?

by Courtney Mykytyn | Feb 21, 2017 | news, race, social justice

Nikole Hannah-Jones…  Perfect read for a Tuesday morning.  She offers up a brief history of our notion of the “common good” of our public institutions… and how systemic racism has continued to shape which “common” the...