There was a lot of great attention to school segregation this week. I’ve organized the best I could find into three categories.

Nikole Hannah-Jones on Fresh Air

• NPR Summary with a link to the full interview
• Summary from Non-Profit Quarterly, with a different emphasis than the NPR summary and more links to related resources
• The New York Times piece, referenced often in the interview, about NHJ’s decision to send her daughter to a segregated New York City school

Betsy DeVos Senate Hearing

• Article from the Education Opportunity Network that links school choice to school segregation, using data from charter expansion in DeVos’ Michigan
• Christian Science Monitor article that summarizes research on the relationship between choice policies and segregation in several major cities
• Great CityLab article that uses data (with cool maps) from Minneapolis-St. Paul and Charlotte to demonstrate the link between charter expansion and school segregation

Local Stories

• Another great, yet troubling, CityLab article about segregation through “splintering” policies in a Birmingham suburb
• Chalkbeat exploration of how academic screeners have led to school segregation in New York City
• Short Chalkbeat article about a rezoning plan that aims to mitigate segregation in New York City schools