by Courtney Mykytyn | Oct 31, 2016 | news, race, social justice
A great way to start the week with John Oliver — though I do wish he had included socioeconomic segregation issues as well… Thanks to the many of you who forwarded this to us! My favorite excerpts: “You don’t have to be intentionally racist to do...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Oct 30, 2016 | news, race, social justice
Check out this 14 minute interview with the author of the book We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation. Not specifically about school segregation but certainly relevant. “Diversity is a difficult word now… We’ve become content with the picture of...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Oct 27, 2016 | news, parenting, race, social justice
Read this. Think a school is “good” because of it’s high test scores? Read this. Think you have to send your kid to this “good school” for her to get a good education? Read this. Excerpt: “Assessments are graded on a...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Oct 13, 2016 | news, race, social justice
Segregation at an Early Age Published by the Center for Education and Civil Rights and the National Coalition for School Diversity (a coalition that IntegratedSchools.org is proud to be a member of!). From one of my favorite people and writers, Andrew...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Oct 10, 2016 | news, race, social justice
NPR’s All Things Considered had a week of segregated-schools talk… All of this is worth a listen… Looking Back On 50 Years Of Busing In Boston Listen· 11:17 This piece follows a Black family whose children attend wealthy, suburban white schools...
by Courtney Mykytyn | Sep 26, 2016 | news, our stories, parenting, race, social justice
https://medium.com/@teachingartist/segregation-now-segregation-forever-71f4e0a38ee6#.bbx2diy9x very moving writing by @teachingartist (A poem with footnotes, or a template for a letter, or a script for an ill-advised conversation with someone I love, dearly.)...
