/desegregation Desegregation en-US 2021 (c) 91Ö±˛Ą Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:59:33 GMT /policy-politics/after-50-years-this-school-district-is-no-longer-segregated-court-says/2025/01 A federal appeals court panel declared that the Tucson, Ariz., district was now legally desegregated a half century after it was first sued. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 22:59:33 GMT /policy-politics/after-50-years-this-school-district-is-no-longer-segregated-court-says/2025/01 /leadership/opinion-when-did-we-become-disillusioned-with-desegregation/2024/05 Forty years ago, the civil rights attorney and professor Derrick Bell diagnosed where the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education went wrong. Thu, 30 May 2024 20:32:07 GMT /leadership/opinion-when-did-we-become-disillusioned-with-desegregation/2024/05 /leadership/opinion-70-years-after-brown-schools-are-still-separate-and-unequal/2024/05 The legal strategy to prioritize school integration has had some unforeseen consequences in the decades since. Mon, 20 May 2024 18:07:30 GMT /leadership/opinion-70-years-after-brown-schools-are-still-separate-and-unequal/2024/05 /leadership/opinion-70-years-of-abandonment-the-failed-promise-of-brown-v-board/2024/05 If the nation is going to refuse integration, Black people must demand we revisit the separate but equal doctrine, writes Bettina L. Love. Thu, 16 May 2024 19:07:28 GMT /leadership/opinion-70-years-of-abandonment-the-failed-promise-of-brown-v-board/2024/05 /policy-politics/brown-v-board-of-education-70-years-of-progress-and-challenges/2024/05 The milestone for the historic 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision striking down racial segregation in schools is marked by a range of tributes Tue, 14 May 2024 21:23:19 GMT /policy-politics/brown-v-board-of-education-70-years-of-progress-and-challenges/2024/05 /leadership/a-new-way-for-educators-to-think-about-school-segregation/2024/05 Seventy years after the Supreme Court's ruling in Brown v. Board, Stanford researchers find racial, economic isolation spiking in schools. Mon, 06 May 2024 19:51:02 GMT /leadership/a-new-way-for-educators-to-think-about-school-segregation/2024/05 /teaching-learning/oral-history-offers-a-model-for-how-schools-can-introduce-students-to-complex-topics/2024/04 Community history projects like a curriculum in Memphis, Tenn. can help students grapple with issues like school segregation, experts say. Mon, 22 Apr 2024 21:02:56 GMT /teaching-learning/oral-history-offers-a-model-for-how-schools-can-introduce-students-to-complex-topics/2024/04 /teaching-learning/opinion-an-interview-with-educator-and-author-jonathan-kozol/2024/03 In his new book, longtime activist Jonathan Kozol dives further into school inequity and offers solutions. Wed, 20 Mar 2024 11:28:30 GMT /teaching-learning/opinion-an-interview-with-educator-and-author-jonathan-kozol/2024/03 /policy-politics/state-judge-says-racially-isolated-districts-persist-in-new-jersey/2023/10 A state judge allows a narrowed claim to go forward that the state may be liable for pervasive racial isolation in its public schools. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 23:02:59 GMT /policy-politics/state-judge-says-racially-isolated-districts-persist-in-new-jersey/2023/10 /leadership/researchers-used-ai-to-rezone-school-districts-heres-what-they-found/2023/09 The experiment created more diverse schools, while cutting students' travel time. Thu, 07 Sep 2023 21:08:06 GMT /leadership/researchers-used-ai-to-rezone-school-districts-heres-what-they-found/2023/09 /policy-politics/meet-the-new-group-promising-to-tackle-school-funding-and-segregation-together/2023/06 The group aims to boost litigation, research, and advocacy to support diverse, well-resourced public schools. Mon, 19 Jun 2023 20:04:45 GMT /policy-politics/meet-the-new-group-promising-to-tackle-school-funding-and-segregation-together/2023/06 /leadership/public-schools-are-still-segregated-but-these-tools-can-help/2023/06 Data show that racial and socioeconomic segregation persist, but districts may be able to seek federal help to address it. Wed, 07 Jun 2023 20:01:12 GMT /leadership/public-schools-are-still-segregated-but-these-tools-can-help/2023/06 /policy-politics/should-brown-v-board-of-education-be-renamed-the-debate-explained/2023/06 Descendants contend the companion case Briggs v. Elliott was unfairly bumped from the top of the historic decision. Mon, 05 Jun 2023 20:54:55 GMT /policy-politics/should-brown-v-board-of-education-be-renamed-the-debate-explained/2023/06 /policy-politics/opinion-white-parents-say-they-want-diverse-schools-but-will-they-send-their-kids/2023/05 Racial stereotypes and reluctance to be in a racial minority are part of the calculus of how white parents choose schools. Mon, 22 May 2023 18:38:54 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-white-parents-say-they-want-diverse-schools-but-will-they-send-their-kids/2023/05 /leadership/educational-inequality-4-moments-in-history-that-explain-where-we-are-today/2023/03 A new Columbia University report highlights how inequality was embedded in the creation of public education in the United States. Mon, 20 Mar 2023 19:43:01 GMT /leadership/educational-inequality-4-moments-in-history-that-explain-where-we-are-today/2023/03 /leadership/the-ongoing-challenges-and-possible-solutions-to-improving-educational-equity/2023/01 Schools across the country were facing major equity challenges before the pandemic, but its disruptions exacerbated them. Thu, 26 Jan 2023 21:49:09 GMT /leadership/the-ongoing-challenges-and-possible-solutions-to-improving-educational-equity/2023/01 /policy-politics/supreme-court-to-highlight-little-rock-desegregation-history-in-exhibit-to-open-next-fall/2022/12 Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. highlights the brave role of a federal judge in Little Rock in 1957, and draws some parallels to today. Sat, 31 Dec 2022 23:05:38 GMT /policy-politics/supreme-court-to-highlight-little-rock-desegregation-history-in-exhibit-to-open-next-fall/2022/12 /leadership/schools-are-resegregating-theres-a-push-for-the-supreme-court-to-consider-that/2022/11 As the court weighs race-conscious college admissions policies, some say the needs of resegregating K-12 schools ought to be considered, too. Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:01:35 GMT /leadership/schools-are-resegregating-theres-a-push-for-the-supreme-court-to-consider-that/2022/11 /leadership/a-teacher-at-50-inside-the-struggle-to-rebuild-americas-black-teaching-workforce/2022/10 A suburban Chicago school district was desperate to hire more teachers of color and root out racism. Enter DarLisa Himrod. Tue, 11 Oct 2022 21:32:24 GMT /leadership/a-teacher-at-50-inside-the-struggle-to-rebuild-americas-black-teaching-workforce/2022/10 /leadership/in-uvalde-pain-where-there-once-was-pride/2022/08 Past and present residents of Uvalde, Texas, recount a deeper story of Robb Elementary—one that began years before the May 24 mass shooting. Tue, 16 Aug 2022 21:02:43 GMT /leadership/in-uvalde-pain-where-there-once-was-pride/2022/08 /leadership/an-expansive-look-at-school-segregation-shows-its-getting-worse/2022/06 Most of the increases have come within the nation's 100 largest districts. Fri, 03 Jun 2022 21:49:27 GMT /leadership/an-expansive-look-at-school-segregation-shows-its-getting-worse/2022/06 /leadership/racist-bomb-threats-and-post-civil-war-school-burnings-a-scholar-connects-the-dots/2022/03 Hundreds of Black schools built during Reconstruction were burned, but racist violence against schools is hardly a historical footnote. Wed, 09 Mar 2022 21:36:39 GMT /leadership/racist-bomb-threats-and-post-civil-war-school-burnings-a-scholar-connects-the-dots/2022/03 /leadership/could-school-resegregation-drive-white-students-to-become-democrats-as-adults/2021/06 A researcher tracked the political affiliation of adults who graduated from high schools where court-ordered desegregation was lifted. Fri, 04 Jun 2021 19:52:26 GMT /leadership/could-school-resegregation-drive-white-students-to-become-democrats-as-adults/2021/06 /policy-politics/decades-old-desegregation-case-drawing-to-a-close-in-tucson-ariz/2021/04 After more than 40 years, the Tucson Unified School District is being released from court oversight for its decades-old desegregation case. Thu, 22 Apr 2021 17:41:15 GMT /policy-politics/decades-old-desegregation-case-drawing-to-a-close-in-tucson-ariz/2021/04 /policy-politics/schools-could-see-u-turn-on-civil-rights-under-biden/2020/12 Activists expect to see renewed guidance, more active enforcement, and better data collection from the Ed. Department’s civil rights office. Wed, 02 Dec 2020 16:53:14 GMT /policy-politics/schools-could-see-u-turn-on-civil-rights-under-biden/2020/12 /leadership/despite-push-few-schools-have-dropped-confederate-names/2020/09 An 91Ö±˛Ą analysis shows that 5 percent of the nation's Confederate-named schools have been renamed since June. Wed, 30 Sep 2020 18:05:17 GMT /leadership/despite-push-few-schools-have-dropped-confederate-names/2020/09 /leadership/do-americas-public-schools-owe-black-people-reparations/2020/09 School districts must make amends for their racist history, writes Daarel Burnette II. What should that look like? Thu, 24 Sep 2020 00:56:54 GMT /leadership/do-americas-public-schools-owe-black-people-reparations/2020/09 /leadership/big-ideas-for-confronting-racism-in-education There’s no single solution for combating anti-Black racism in schools. That’s why we filled an entire special report on the subject. Wed, 23 Sep 2020 15:23:11 GMT /leadership/big-ideas-for-confronting-racism-in-education /policy-politics/opinion-kamala-harris-has-a-chance-to-make-school-desegregation-a-key-issue/2020/08 The vice presidential candidate was bused to school as child. Her experience could inform national education policy, writes Jonathan E. Collins. Thu, 13 Aug 2020 23:23:54 GMT /policy-politics/opinion-kamala-harris-has-a-chance-to-make-school-desegregation-a-key-issue/2020/08 /leadership/race-and-schools-are-at-the-core-of-trumps-suburban-lifestyle-dream/2020/08 The president’s supposed suburban ideal draws attention to the ongoing debate about how housing and schools are inextricably linked. What does the “Suburban Lifestyle Dream” have to do with education? Mon, 10 Aug 2020 23:45:02 GMT /leadership/race-and-schools-are-at-the-core-of-trumps-suburban-lifestyle-dream/2020/08