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Tracking a Growing Divide in the South: The Resegregation of America's Schools

Texas Standard, June 2, 2017 In the years that followed the Supreme Court’s 1954 decision in “Brown v. Board of Education,” desegregated schools in the south slowly but surely became the norm. And for many years, it stayed that way. But now, that trend is reversing. A new report...

Southern Schools Are Resegregating

City Lab, May 31, 2017 Last month, a federal judge in Birmingham, Alabama, ruled that the predominately white suburb of Gardendale will be allowed to form its own school district, splintering from the more diverse Jefferson County district. Gardendale’s plan, Judge Madeline...

Southern Schools Are Becoming More Segregated, Report Finds

Atlanta Black Star, May 27, 2017 A new report issued this week found that public schools in the South have become more racially segregated, 60 years after the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision that ruled segregated schools unconstitutional. The report, released May 23...

More Than One in Three Black Students in the South Attend an Intensely Segregated School

Mother Jones, May 26, 2017 More than 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education, the progress made toward dismantling segregated schools in the South, once the most integrated region in the country, seems to be steadily falling apart. A report released this week by UCLA’s Civil...

Are Charter Schools Widening Racial Divides?

The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 23, 2017 As the charter school movement accelerates across the country, a critical question remains unanswered — whether the creation of charters is accelerating school segregation. Federal judges who oversee desegregation plans in Louisiana are...

Judge: Mostly White Southern City May Secede from School District Despite Racial Motive

Washington Post, April 27, 2017 A federal judge’s ruling this week that allows a predominantly white Alabama city to separate from its more diverse school district is stoking new debate about the fate of desegregation initiatives after decades of efforts to promote racial balance...

Rights Advocates: Jackson a Troubling Choice for Acting Head of Office of Civil Rights

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, April 18, 2017 The person that U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos recently put in charge of her agency’s Office of Civil Rights is drawing a chorus of criticism from civil rights advocates and scholars over her historical hostility to...

Mixed Race and Proud: LA's Multi-Heritage Kids Navigate their Identity

KPCC, Southern California Public Radio, January 25, 2017 Soleil Simone Haight loves saying all three of her names, running them together with sheer glee in her voice. She also proudly declares that she is five years old, that she has curly hair like her mommy, and that she is from...

Does Greater School Choice Lead to Less Segregation?

Christian Science Monitor, January 17, 2017 Statistics suggest that charter schools and vouchers aren't a solution to segregated schools. In some cases, they can actually make it worse. Read more here.

The Birmingham Suburb That Wants to Segregate Its Schools

The Atlantic’s CityLab, January 13, 2017 The predominately white, prosperous city of Gardendale hopes to secede from its poorer, more diverse school district. Read more here.

The 2017 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings

EdWeek, January 11, 2017 Today, we unveil the 2017 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings. Simply being included in this list of 200 scholars is an honor, given the tens of thousands who might qualify. The ranked scholars include the top 146 finishers from last year, along...

Why the Racist History of School Vouchers Matters Today

ThinkProgress, January 10, 2017 Elizabeth Warren alluded to the disturbing roots of school vouchers. But what did she mean? On Monday, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren wrote a scathing letter to President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for education secretary, Betsy DeVos,...

Think Tank Challenges Brookings Report on Segregation

Paso Herald Post, December 28, 2016 An education think tank has taken a closer look at a report on school segregation that came out this fall from the Center for Children and Families at the Brookings Institution. It found that poverty, not race, is the real challenge for...

Gardendale, Ala. Wants its Own Schools. A Return to Segregation?

Christian Science Monitor, December 20, 2016 Gardendale officials say they simply want to control the city's tax dollars and school buildings. But the county school system and Department of Justice argue the move would lead to resegregation. Read more here.

BYURadio Interview with Erica Frankenberg

Top of the Mind Segment: Racially Segregated Preschools Air date: November 8, 2016 Host Julie Rose interviewed Erica Frankenberg, EdD, Associate Professor of Education and Demography, Pennsylvania State University, Co-Director of the Center for Education and...

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