Education May 19 The Brown v. Board of Education case didn’t start how you think it did While the Brown vs. Board of Education case is often celebrated for ordering school desegregation, history shows many black people in the city where the case began opposed integrated schools. By Charise Cheney, The Conversation
Education Feb 20 New Zealand is a school choice utopia. But do students perform better? New Zealand’s history of total school choice offers the U.S. some key lessons. By Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report
Education Oct 23 How a growing Arkansas town avoided segregation in its two high schools ROGERS, Ark. — In 2006, the Rogers school district faced a difficult choice. The student population had grown enormously over the past decade and school officials didn’t relish the prospect of a massive high school of more than 4,000 students. By Meredith Kolodner
Education Oct 23 In a conservative corner of Arkansas, schools focus on success for immigrants ROGERS, Ark. — More than a dozen Spanish-speaking parents gathered at New Technology High School one night last fall to talk about college options with the high school’s guidance counselor. “A parent asked a question,” recalled teacher Martin Resendiz, who… By Meredith Kolodner