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Sarah Garland: What Can We Learn From School Integration's Successes and Failures?

2012-05-23T14:08:50Z

Both the successes and failures of school integration have a lot to teach those seeking to reform the public education system today.

Read more: School Choice, Integration, Desegregation, Education Reform, Busing, Education News

Dr. Lawrence M. Schall: Making Schools Work

2012-05-21T14:37:00Z

That's the title of David Kirp's opinion piece in this Sunday's New York Times. I'll begin with his punchline: School desegregation has been proven to...

Read more: Public Schools, Desegregation, Brown v. Board of Education, Public Education, Segregation, School Segregation, Education News

Kansas Gov Apologizes For Segregation

2012-05-17T20:01:00Z

By Kevin Murphy KANSAS CITY, Kan., May 17 (Reuters) - Kansas Governor Sam Brownback apologized on Thursday to blacks for segregation i...

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Maureen Costello: Schooling for a Diverse Tomorrow

2012-05-09T10:33:21Z

Failure to appreciate our differences opens a door to dehumanization of those who are different. The only way to keep that door firmly closed is through anti-bias education.

Read more: u.s. Department of Education, Curriculum, Anti-Bias, Segregation, Bullying, Diversity, Education News

Racism Museum Showcases Segregation-era Artifacts

2012-04-19T07:39:01Z

BIG RAPIDS, Mich. — The objects displayed in Michigan's newest museum range from the ordinary, such as simple ashtrays and fishing lures, to the...

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Alan Singer: Integrate Long Island Schools, Don't Just Desegregate

2012-04-02T20:33:23Z

A recent post calling for the racial integration of Long Island New York schools drew a number of both supportive and negative comments. One writer wa...

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Charlayne Hunter-Gault: Bringing the 20th Century Civil Rights Movement Into 21st Century Classrooms

2012-04-12T11:40:44Z

How do we encourage young people at home and abroad, in South Africa and now those young people heavily invested in the as yet unsettled Arab Spring, to "keep on keepin' on," as the footsoldiers of the Civil Rights Movement used to pledge?

Read more: Black History, Civil Rights Movement, African-American History, African Americans, Civil Rights, Martin Luther King, Segregation, American History, Civil Rights Leaders, Nelson Mandela, Apartheid, Rosa Parks, South Africa, Education News

Maxim Thorne: Scars: The Complicated Making of Historic Moments and Progressive Philanthropy

2012-04-02T12:46:19Z

To make and record history is a privilege. We learn so much from it. Now that I am teaching Philanthropy in Action at Yale University, I feel compelled to see these huge moments also in a philanthropic context.

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Carina Ray: A Troubled Experiment's Forgotten Lesson in Racial Integration

2012-04-01T10:08:25Z

The year 2012 marks the fortieth anniversary of my Puerto Rican mother and Irish-Italian father's unusual wedding. They met and married in an experimental community called Synanon, where I was born.

Read more: Mixed Race, Intermarriage, Racial Prejudice, Synanon, Multiracial, Racism, Integration, Racial Identity, Race, Interracial Marriage, Segregation, Black Voices News

Van Gosse: Today's Other 'Jim Crow'

2012-03-29T12:19:11Z

In some ways, current politics mimic the reaction against democracy at the twentieth century's turn, when Jim Crow segregation entrenched itself in the southern states.

Read more: Abortion Rights, The New Jim Crow, Conservatives, Segregation, Roe v. Wade, Civil Rights, Politics News

Donna Nevel: Admissions Policies That Embrace All Children

2012-03-27T11:22:30Z

Dismantling what is, in effect, a two-tiered, inequitable education system requires (among other things) opening up access to our public schools so that they truly serve all children.

Read more: Parent Organizing, Controlled Choice, Education, Access, Equity, Segregation, Inequality, Education News

Alan Singer: Integrate Long Island Schools

2012-03-19T12:48:03Z

On Long Island, our diversity is one of our greatest resources. It is time to finally racially integrate our schools.

Read more: School Integration, Education, Segregation, Nassau County, Malverne-New York, Desegregation, Long Island Segregation, New York News

John Trasvina: Continuing the Fight Against Segregation

2012-02-29T14:19:25Z

At a time when our nation needs to maximize the talents and contributions of all individuals throughout our communities, segregation continues to have a direct negative effect on the achievement and employment gaps among different races in America.

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Tetsuhiko Endo: Debunking the Stereotype That Blacks Don't Swim

2012-02-28T17:31:54Z

The numbers tell us that many black people don't swim. Our interpretation, however, is that black people are not swimmers, which is wrong.

Read more: Racism, Swimming, Segregation, African Americans, Black History Month, Black Swimming Statistics, Swimming Statistics, Swimming Pool Segregation, Culture News

Megan Smolenyak: Michelle Obama's Ancestors: Purnell Shields

2012-02-24T11:03:20Z

D.T. lived in hopeful expectation, but even today, it's stunning to think that the life of this one-time slave overlapped with that of his great-granddaughter, Marian, who now resides in the White House.

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Dennis D. Parker: Report on Segregation Is at Odds with Reality

2012-02-22T17:51:34Z

Critics agree that there has been improvement in some respects regarding segregation in America. The problem is when one suggests that the battle against residential segregation is largely over.

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Sarah Carr: What the U.S. and Chinese School Systems Have in Common

2012-02-22T15:52:00Z

Ultimately, success in both China and the United States will depend on their leaders' interest and fortitude in addressing the opportunity gaps that persist throughout their schools.

Read more: US China Relations, China, Public Education, Education Policy, Inequality, School Segregation, Education News

Deborah Plummer: Report on Low Racial Desegration Depicts Less White Flight

2012-02-06T17:50:11Z

A recent report concluded that racial segregation in U.S. cities is at its lowest in a century. Though great news, I do not believe that the demographics have shifted because of an intentional desire for racial integration. Given the current economy, it is just harder for spatial racism to exist.

Read more: White Flight, Racial Desegregation, Manhattan Institute, Spatial Racism, Segregation, Black Voices News

Jessica Vasquez: Cracked Sidewalks

2012-01-30T13:41:00Z

There are two truths to growing up and living in Chicago. The first truth was given to me, that being that Chicago is a very diverse city. The second truth is that Chicago is a very segregated city.

Read more: Racial Consciousness, Ignorance, Segregation, Chicago Racism, Racial Segregation, Chicago Impact, Hermosa Chicago, Minorities, My Chicago, Chicago News

Aaron Freeman: Message to Black Israelis

2012-01-23T10:13:11Z

As an old American Negro who lived through the 1960's civil right movement, I can assure Israel's racism-suffering Ethiopians of one thing: it gets better.

Read more: Black Voices, Ethiopian Jews, Falasha, Segregation, Judaism, Racism, Zionism, Israel, Humor Comedy, Dicrimination, Black History Month, Black Voices News

Naomi Menezes: Desegregation in Sports

2012-01-20T09:42:02Z

Sometimes, sports can tell us the history of a time period better than a textbook can. We can look to the story of Jackie Robinson to really understand the oppression people faced in the 1950s.

Read more: Jackie Robinson, Baseball, Martin Luther King, Civil Rights, Pee Wee Reese, Race Relations, Desegregation, Desegregation in Sports, 1950s, High School News

Bringing A Historic Civil Rights Trial To Life

2012-01-12T09:38:00Z

In 1925, Dr. Ossian Sweet, a successful African-American physician, moved his family into an all-white neighborhood on Detroit's east side. Soon after...

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Christopher Bonastia: How Different Do Schools Look Today 50 Years After Prince Edward County, Virginia?

2012-01-11T12:56:01Z

When I tell people about Prince Edward County, Virginia, which closed its public schools for five years rather than desegregate them, the usual reaction is visible disdain but lack of suprise at southern racism. But when they learn of similar struggles here in New York, they are stunned.

Read more: School Desegregation, Bv-Life, School Diversity, Education, School Segregation, Black Voices News

Robert Carter, Fighter Against Segregation, Dies

2012-01-04T17:18:47Z

NEW YORK — Robert Carter, a lawyer who was an integral member of the team led by Thurgood Marshall that turned to the courts to battle segregati...

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Bradley Burston: If You Could See Israel Naked

2012-01-02T18:23:45Z

If we could see the Jewish world naked, we might well see a new Judaism emerging this new year, stripped of xenophobia and 19th century clothes for 21st century issues. In the long run, it could save the Jewish people from extinction. If we're lucky, it could save Israel as well.

Read more: Ultra-Orthodox Jews, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Religion, Jerusalem, Israeli Settlements, Haaretz, Segregation, Judaism, Bradley Burston, Beit Shemesh, Israel, Palestinians, Religion and Politics, Discrimination Against Women, Messiah, World News