Articles, Podcasts and Videos We Have Found Helpful
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Resources from Keyes at 50 Event
- Here is a recording of the event.
- Here are the comments captured at the event from participants.
- For more information on the history of the Keyes case, check out this timeline of the case.
- A here is a pdf of the timeline.
- Get A Dream of Justice: The Story of Keyes v Denver Public Schools.
- Read this report highlighting the current segregation in DPS.
- This Chalkbeat article about the report.
- This follow up article with commentary from the superintendant.
- DU Law Review did a wonderful retrospective for the 40th anniversary.
- DPS Policy 5100 from 1964 on Equality of Educational Opportunity
- The Noel Resolution – Policy 1490 – from 1968
- Listen to this podcast for the national context around the court case.
Funding Inequities
- America’s $23 Billion School Funding Gap – The 74
- Parents Raise Massive Amounts of Money at Some Schools – Washington Post
- How Rich Parents Can Exacerbate School Inequality – The Atlantic
- Public Schools, Private Money – The Integrated Schools Podcast
Resegregation
- “Schools are segregated because white people want them that way” – Vox
- Family by Family, How School Segregation Still Happens – NYT
- When White Parents Won’t Integrate Public Schools – City Lab
- The Resegregation of Jefferson County – NYT
- The Department of Justice Is Overseeing the Resegregation of American Schools – The Nation
- Segregated Neighborhoods, Segregated Schools? – Urban Institute
School Ratings
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Wealthy, Educated Families Are Using School Ratings to Self-Segregate – The 74
- The Problem with “Great Schools” – IntegratedSchools.org
- Choices Based on a Flawed System – GPHN
- Civil Rights and Community Groups: Adjust Inflated Denver Elementary School Ratings – Chalkbeat
- Denver Teachers Call for End to Denver’s School Performance Framework System – DCTA Press Release
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Why Denver’s School Rating System is Coming Under Fire on Multiple Fronts – Chalkbeat
Opportunity Barriers & Education Debt
- From The Achievement Gap to Education Debt – Gloria Ladson Billings
- Why Are Achievement Gaps So Wide at Denver Public Schools? – 5280
- The Opportunity Myth – TNTP
- 50 Years Ago, One Report Introduced Americans to the Black-White Achievement Gap – Chalkbeat
Anti-racism, Bias, Privilege
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White Progressive Parents and the Conundrum of Privilege – LA Times
- Hagerman and the White Kids – The Integrated Schools Podcast
- How Do I Talk to My Kids About Race – Parent Toolkit
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Why the Myth of Meritocracy Hurts Kids of Color – The Atlantic
- An Anti-Racism Conversation For All of Us – Dr. Jennifer Harvey
- Raising White Kids– Dr. Jennifer Harvey (note, if you would like to purchase a copy of this book, please email us. Dr. Harvey has generously offered a portion of the proceeds from books we sell.)
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When it Comes to Equity an Inclusion, Students Can Teach Us a Lot – CO Schools Talk
Benefits of Integration
- Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City – The New York Times
- The Evidence That White Children Benefit From Integrated Schools – NPR
- What do schools with low student suspension rates have in common? – Chalkbeat
- Your School Shapes How You Think About Inequality – NPR
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Diverse Schools Have a Bigger Impact on Attitudes to Race Than Mixed Communities – Quartz
The Integrated Schools Podcast features conversations with parents, authors, teachers, and public figures about race, parenting, segregation, and inequities in our nation’s schools. It comes from IntegratedSchools.org, a national organization working to increase school integration. PHNEE Co-Chair, Andrew Lefkowits, produces and co-hosts the podcast. Subscribe on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Some recent episodes