Taking Freedom: School Segregation, the Continuing Tragedy of Ferguson
On racial segregation in American schools, using the example of St. Louis, Missouri, and its Normandy district.
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'Segregation's Constant Gardeners': How White Women Kept Jim Crow Alive
Meet the good white mothers, PTA members, and newspaper columnists who were also committed white supremacists.
How Dividing County School Districts Can Lead to de Facto Segregation
In states like North Carolina, splitting up county-wide school systems often results in unequal access to resources separated down racial lines.
Does Segregation Beget Segregation?
Two poverty researchers talk about the social forces reinforcing the cycle of segregation.
Will America's Schools Ever Be Desegregated?
Though there are practical obstacles to school integration, it's not an unreachable ideal.
What Happens When Citizens Call for a Ceasefire?
Baltimore has seen a sharp spike in murders since the summer of 2015, which became its most violent year with 344 homicides. In 2016, the city saw 318 people murdered. This year is set to look even worse.
The Afterlife of Big Ideas in Education Reform
How one high school—mine—explains why we keep making the same mistakes in our education policy.
Racial Segregation and the American Airport
A new book by a German historian looks at the conflicting history of segregation in commercial air travel.
How the U.S. Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein's magisterial new book tracks how the government segregated America—and how new policy, and new education, could save us.
Appeal Likely in Alabama School Desegregation Case Allowing Mostly White Town to Leave Largely Black District
Gardendale can take over control of its two elementary schools from the Jefferson County district this fall for a three-year period.
Shelf Help: 'The South Side'
A look at the powerful forces dividing America's third-largest city into different worlds.
How Segregated Schools Drive Criminal Behaviors
Segregated schools are producing higher levels of criminal networking and behavior among students.
What Is the Future of Teacher Diversity in U.S. Schools?
Classrooms are increasingly diverse—but in terms of the student body, not the teaching workforce. Kaylan Connally and Melissa Tooley examine why we must mind the minority gap.
Experiments in Segregation
Economic theory is pessimistic about the prospects for undoing racial segregation—but experiments suggest reality isn't quite so bad.
The New Housing Segregation in America
An analysis of United States Census data since 1990 uncovers how infrequently black and white Americans live together today.
Why Are Most Hockey Fans White?
The Chicago Blackhawks may be so good that "they got black people loving hockey," but the NHL is still the most segregated professional sport. Why is that?
White Flight and Housing Market Collapse
A new study links foreclosures to increasing racial segregation, especially in neighborhoods that had been relatively integrated.
Hundreds of School Districts Have Been Ignoring Desegregation Orders
The federal government’s vigilance in enforcing the court-backed desegregation of the country’s schools is a shadow of what it once was.
Segregation May Be Less of a Problem, But It's Still a Problem
A new look at economic and crime indicators in segregated U.S. neighborhoods finds the same old problems of inequality.
Would Segregation Reduce Violence Between Israel and Palestine?
A new computer model that maps violence patterns in urban areas says that it would.
Underground Demography: Race, Class, and the Subway Systems of Large U.S. Cities
Despite social class segregation in housing, people of vastly different economic circumstances are likely to share the same subway car, at least for a few stops.
Do We Still Segregate Students?
Schools around the nation are 'detracking' classes, putting kids of all achievement levels in the same room. Does that sabotage higher achievers?