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drawing lines

New York
July 19, 2019

An integration push meets long-standing efforts to improve Brooklyn’s P.S. 676, bringing hope and fresh worries

Advocates who have been fighting to improve P.S. 676 the Red Hook Neighborhood School, which could prove crucial to making new integration plans work.

research

Tennessee
July 10, 2019

Tell us about your experience with busing in Memphis schools

Memphis schools used busing in an attempt to create integrated schools under a court-ordered desegregation plan that went into effect in 1973.

data-driven decisionmaking

National
July 9, 2019

Can ‘growth’ data push parents to more integrated schools? A new study says maybe

New research suggests that providing parents with a different menu of information could nudge them to choose schools or districts they otherwise might not.

living history

Colorado
July 3, 2019

Tell us about your experience with busing in Denver schools

The Denver district used busing to create integrated schools under a court-ordered desegregation plan from 1974 to 1995.

Democratic debate

Chicago
June 28, 2019

Biden defends record on busing at Chicago’s Rainbow PUSH convention

The former vice president advocated tripling federal funds awarded schools serving poor children, raising teacher salaries and making pre-kindergarten mandatory.

pushing boundaries

New York
May 29, 2019

To boost diversity and address enrollment issues, Brooklyn’s District 15 may redraw elementary attendance zones

The education department is floating possible zone changes that could affect which students attend seven schools in Brooklyn's District 15.

data point

New York
April 15, 2019

These numbers show how much New York City middle schools might change with two new integration plans in place

Each school has a different story to tell, with some poised to shift their incoming sixth grade classes dramatically and others more likely to remain mostly the same.

Asking the candidates

New York
February 20, 2019

2 questions for 17 candidates: The education voter’s guide to New York City’s 2019 public advocate race

We asked each candidate two questions: What do you think is the biggest education issue facing the city, and what out-of-school factors that impact classrooms would you address?

let's review

New York
December 21, 2018

What happened in New York City education this year — and what to expect in 2019

Here’s our look back at the headline-grabbing moments of 2018 — and what parents, students, and educators should watch out for in the new year.

long division

National
November 29, 2018

It took this Texas school district 48 years to desegregate. Now, some fear a return to the past.

Students of color in Longview still don’t have the same opportunities as white students. Its desegregation order was dismissed. Can the district succeed without it?

getting to know you

New York
October 10, 2018

Next in the Upper West Side and Harlem integration push: encouraging parents to explore their options

Standing before a classroom of parents crammed into child-sized chairs, Principal Claudia Aguirre launched into her pitch for P.S. 149 Sojourner Truth, a…

First Person

New York
August 28, 2018

As an advocate, I want District 15’s school integration plan to move forward. As a dad, I want it no less.

It's justified as a means of rewarding elementary-schoolers’ “work.” But the system just favors the privileged, and I don’t want my white son to think that's normal.

Teaching & Classroom

New York
August 15, 2018

Carranza aims to speed up anti-bias training for educators, calling it a ‘cornerstone’ of school improvement

The chancellor's goal is to compress the original four-year roll out of the anti-bias training to two.

talking SHSAT

New York
August 13, 2018

Fair and objective or useless and biased? A Chalkbeat guide to the case for and against New York City’s specialized high school test

When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced a plan to scrap the exam that serves as the sole entrance criteria for New York City’s…

Gifted gap

New York
July 17, 2018

To integrate specialized high schools, are gifted programs part of the problem or the solution?

As debate has erupted in recent weeks over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s proposal to overhaul admissions to the city’s most prestigious specialized…
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