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The most critical work that we must do is to work against racial inequity by exposing and changing the systemic practices of local school districts. Thanks for sharing this article, Edward!

White supremacy is still with us today. It may not look like hoods and crosses, but it’s still here. It’s here in the invisible social systems we simply take for granted. It’s in our tax code, city zoning, and, of course, our school systems. From the outside, school enrollment might not look like the outstretched hand of the KKK, but in so many ways, it is. But because it doesn’t look menacing or villainous, we ignore it. We ignore the ways institutional systems and the boring gears of bureaucracy carry on the legacy of White supremacy. We ignore how systems, like zoning and school funding, explicitly and implicitly lift up White people and hold back nearly everyone else. Thus, White parents continue to be the key barrier to redressing the imbalance of racial and educational power in our systems of education. We can’t unsee the White supremacy and immoral power imbalance all around us, and we can’t just sit down or stand by. At Integrated Schools, we are a collective of parents and caregivers working to redress the legacy of our past and to create a true multicultural democracy of our future. If you’d like to join us, visit our website: https://buff.ly/46IFD05 ... #IntegratedSchools #BlackandWhite #Interracial #Multiracial #Identity #CivilRightsMovement #HumanRights #AntiRacism #DeSegregation #WealthEquity #DiversityandInclusion #inclusion #community #redlining #diversity #socialjustice #socialjusticeeducation #wealthgap #local #publicschools #parenting #parent #momlife #dadlife #boymom #girlmom #schoolchoice #privateschool #publicschool

In 2019, I published, St. Louis School Desegregation: Patterns of Progress and Peril (Palgrave Macmillan). In the book, I use Missouri history to show why school desegregation still matters. At the time, I wrote about the death of Michael Brown as a worst-case scenario. Brown attended a segregated school and Officer Darren Wilson, who killed Brown, also attended a segregated school. I made the argument that if that if black teens and white police officers are meeting for the first time in the middle of a heated exchange, disaster will ensue. Now, we see more dangers of school segregation. A presidential candidate does not know that slavery was the central cause of the Civil War. This false narrative was carefully crafted by Southern schools who refuse to follow the Brown ruling in 1954. What types of decisions will a politician make regarding race, inequality, and discrimination if she was educated in a segregated school? How many other elected officials, corporate leaders, or Supreme Court justices were also educated in segregated schools? It matters because their education is shaping contemporary policy. Let's ask the hard questions. If we are as great as we claim, then we are strong enough to handle the challenges of learning hard history. Our future depends on it. #desegregation #americanhistory #teachers #teachertraining #privateschools The Miseducation of Nikki Haley https://lnkd.in/gxBi9CWa

What does educational segregation look like? Just 4.5% of Black students & 7.6% of Latino students offered admissions at NYC’s specialized high schools, despite combining to make up 65% of the public school population. 70 years after the landmark Brown v Board decision, our children deserve better. Why have Mayor Adams & Chancellor Banks reversed many of the established policies aimed at improving racial integration of New York’s public schools? New report from NYU Metro Center and NY Appleseed outlines more than 100 recommendations offered up by the School Diversity Advisory Group to improve school access and equity for students attending NYC Public Schools. Read the report, From Crests to Valleys: NYC's Battle for Integration 70 Years After Brown, here: bit.ly/3wJYBqM #NYUMetroCenter #NYUSteinhardt #EJROC #NYAppleseed #FromCreststoValleys #Integration #NYC #NYCSchools #BrownVBoard #SchoolSegregation #SpecializedHighSchools #Admissions #Admissionspolicy #SchoolDiversity #AdvisoryGroup #SDAG #Equity #SchoolChange #Access #Opportunity #Black #Latinx #SchoolTransformation #NewReport #RacialIntegration #BrownVBoard #70anniversary #NYCMayor #SchoolChancellor #MayorAdams #ChancellorBanks #DOE #NYCPS

I’ve been a teacher in Washington, DC public charter schools from 2017-present and it has been an arduous journey of workplace discrimination, sexual/quid pro quo harassment, inequitable teacher wages, a lack of parent, teacher, and student voice as well as a myriad of illegal practices that leave the school without adequate, qualified teaching staff. It’s not the ‘state of education’. It wis the state of misplaced LEA status to leaders who earn the wages but lack the experience, under and unqualified leadership making decisions to the detriment of the school community as a whole. United in Struggle: Bridging Generations for Equity in D.C. Charter Schools and Beyond How a lack of oversight allows D.C. public charters to operate discriminately, exploiting parents, teachers, students and taxpayers #schoolleadership #schoolimprovement #schoolculture #schooltransformation #Schoolreform #LEA #leadershipdevelopment #communitydevelopment #communityimpact #civilrights #discrimination #humanrights #disabilityrights #invisibledisability #changethenarrative #changemeakers #bridgingthedivide #resistance #resilience https://lnkd.in/eRu4bfmq

70 years ago, the landmark Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education sparked the end of segregated schools and reshaped the landscape of public education in America forever. Today, we should honor the legacy of this pivotal moment in the fight for equality and justice, but we should also examine the state of modern-day educational rights. The fact is, equitable access to education continues to be an uphill battle for people of color in America, as evidenced by the erasure of Black history in schools, the elimination of affirmative action in higher education, and much more. Locally, Boston Public Schools continue to struggle to fully realize the goals of Brown v. Board. Its complex model of school choice falls short to serve all students the high quality and desegregated schools that Brown envisioned. YW Boston's Senior Director of Data & Impact, Sarah Faude, Ph.D., has conducted research that reveals some of the ways that the current system continues to struggle. In particular, how unequal access to registration and choice systems protects those with the greatest advantage. Her latest research finds: "The equal (lack of) information provision by Boston Public Schools (BPS) to all families sustains racially inequitable outcomes; it protects disproportionate access to information and institutions by whiter, wealthier, English-speaking families and neglects families of color in making informed school choices." You can read Dr. Faude's most recent research findings here: https://buff.ly/4bhCk2G #brownvboard #schoolsegregation #ywboston

This an interesting article about resegregation in schools, especially disparities in representation in gifted and AP programs over time. I’ve noticed a similar pattern in my area of families following the reallocation of resources to private and charter schools. My only critique of this article is of the sentiment that “their children had been given something they might not deserve.” when all children deserve a quality education. The answer isn’t to try to reallocate privileges but to expand them to encompass more children. https://lnkd.in/g-35vgnE

Though it is rarely discussed in our public conversation about Brown v. Board, NAACP lawyers submitted evidence that school segregation harms white students in segregated white schools, as well as Black students in segregated Black schools. Of course, the unanimous decision in Brown focused mainly on the latter. In this piece, I highlight the (sometimes chilling) consequences of ignoring white student segregation and call for a renewed approach that emphasizes how integration benefits students from all racial backgrounds. https://lnkd.in/eSJ4DGec

70 years ago, the Supreme Court outlawed racial segregation in the public schools with Brown v. Board of Education, making it illegal for states and school districts to turn African American children away from a public school because of their race. Yet, today “low-income children—many of them children of color—are still systematically excluded from the very best public schools. In this state-by-state breakdown, researchers from Available To All and Bellwether reveal laws and loopholes that result in students of color and low-income students to be excluded from America’s most coveted schools. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/e7rRKXfF #EdChat #K12 #SchoolLeaders #Equity

Is Diverse Teacher Representation the Key to Social Justice in Education? 💪🏽 Constance Lindsay shares her insights on the crucial intersection of education and social justice in our latest episode of Conscious Pathways. In this thought-provoking conversation, Dr. Lindsay emphasizes the urgent need for diverse teachers in high-needs schools, especially for Black students who benefit from seeing educators who look like them. Join the discussion in the comments! How can we address teacher shortages and promote teacher diversity as a social justice imperative? Let's reimagine education together! #DiverseTeachers #SocialJusticeEducation #TeacherRepresentation #EquitableEducation #EducationEquality #InclusiveTeaching #DiverseEducators #EqualOpportunities #RepresentationMatters #EducationJustice