News Summaries

News summaries are either collections of short blurbs about multiple stories or more in-depth explorations of major stories. For posterity’s sake, I will aim to keep the following list updated with all news-related posts.

  • June 8, 2018: #HB514 and Re-Segregation in North Carolina
  • May 26, 2018: Spotlight on New Jersey
  • April 17, 2018: Wendy Vitter and sources of hope
  • March 28, 2018: Linda Brown’s death and the current state of school integration organizing
  • February 17, 2018: School secession updates- the good, the bad and the ugly
  • February 6, 2018: Integration & Immigration, Curriculum Resources, and resegregation in Iowa
  • January 22, 2018 Community organizing in Denver, two new books and some good news
  • January 15, 2018 School district gerrymandering & a big desegregation lawsuit
  • News Roundup, first of 2018: A civil rights victory and segrenomics in action
  • News Roundup – Early Fall, Part 2: Resources, NHJ Media, Youth Organizing and More!
  • News Roundup – Early Fall, Part 1: School resegregation and district secession
  • News Roundup- Late July: Local Stories, Housing Policy and School Choice
  • News Roundup- Early July: Integration resources, new research and local stories
  • June 30, 2017: School district secession and updates on Parents United and the Hartford magnet schools program
  • News Roundup- Early June: Resegregation trends, public support for integration, and the NYC diversity plan
  • May 29, 2017: The 63rd anniversary of Brown
  • News Roundup- Late April: Segregation in Alabama, NYC zoning and local stories
  • News Roundup- Early April: Local stories, a troubling DOE update and more!
  • News Roundup 3.13.17-3.31.17: New Report from the Century Foundation on vouchers and school segregation, Bridging the Divide Series from the Baltimore Sun, updates from KY and MN, & debate about Nikole Hannah-Jones’ recent NYTimes article
  • News Summary 3.12.17: Kentucky School Segregation Law: Summary and analysis of a law passed by the Kentucky House of Representatives that would have increased segregation under the guise of “neighborhood schools.”
  • Week of 2.20.17: A look inside recruitment a racially diverse charter school in New Orleans, and a New York Times article from Nikole Hannah-Jones about our wavering commitment to public institutions
  • Week of 2.13.17: An Atlantic article about the invention of segregation, and new research from the UCLA Civil Rights Project on charters and school segregation in Washington DC
  • Week of 2.6.17: New research from the Institute on Metropolitan Opportunity on charters and school segregation in Minneapolis, and a New York Times op-ed about integration in the Trump era
  • Week of 1.30.17: New research on the Obama Administration’s School Improvement Grant program, a historical look at school vouchers, and housing segregation in Baltimore
  • Week of 1.23.17: Racial disparities in school arrests, housing integration in Yonkers, and local stories
  • Week of 1.16.17: NPR interview with Nikole Hannah-Jones, DeVos Senate hearings, and local stories