by Integrated Schools | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
On November 13th, 2019, we started Season 5 of this podcast. Our definition of “season” has pretty much always just meant as many episodes as we can make before we need a break, and we haven’t really taken a break since last November. This episode,...
by Integrated Schools | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
We were just in your feeds a week ago with Congressman Bobby Scott, but we couldn’t wait to get this episode out. Dr. Ann Ishimaru is a professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, where her work focuses on the intersection of leadership, school...
by Integrated Schools | Sep 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Strength in Diversity Act passed the House of Representatives on Sept 15th, 2020. Coming out of The Committee on Education and Labor, chaired by Congressman Bobby Scott, the bill aims to assist localities that want to attempt voluntary desegregation plans, do...
by Integrated Schools | Sep 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
For Angela Glover Blackwell, a brief stint at the Rockefeller Foundation brought to light a fundamental difference in how we think about driving positive change, and fighting for justice abroad versus here at home. The international focus was on equity – what...
by Integrated Schools | Sep 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Brooklyn Deep is the media arm of The Brooklyn Movement Center, a Black-led, membership-based organization of primarily low-to-moderate income Central Brooklyn residents. They work to build power and pursue self-determination in Bedford-Stuyvesant & Crown Heights...
by Integrated Schools | Aug 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
JPB Gerald began his career as an English language teacher. Bothered by the inherent racism he saw in the field, and reflecting on his own upbringing in predominantly White, “good” schools, he broadened his academic interests to race and Whiteness....