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White parents who assume their children and their ideas are welcome in schools where students of color are in the majority not only ignore the rich history of Black-parent advocacy for community ...
Board, white families pulled their kids out of Pasadena, California’s public schools. Decades have passed, and neighborhood parents are still working toward integration. by Nadra Nittle May 21, 2024 ...
A plan to integrate two nearby Washington, D.C., schools with vastly different racial backgrounds is sparking fierce debate among parents in the predominantly liberal community. Nearly 6 in 10 of ...
Just a couple of decades before I was born, Black people weren't allowed to live in the neighborhood where I grew up. Today, ...
In 2023, American Experience partnered with StoryCorps Studios to record, uplift and archive stories about racial desegregation and educational equity efforts in American schools. These personal ...
So says Mrs. Louise Day Hicks 46 chairman of the five-man Boston School Committee, which sets policy for Boston’s public schools. For months she has been waging a determined fight to keep ...
The neighborhood school model was a big driver of inequity among Boston public schools in the years before mandatory busing. BPS is hoping that a new kind of school model will rebuild trust among ...