By Robert Garcia (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk,if you can’t walk then crawl,but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Communities in Los Angeles are celebrating the civil rights revolution with public art and green space: A new parks project, called “Walk a … [Read more...] about “Walk a Mile in My Shoes: Los Angeles Celebrates Anniversaries of the Civil Rights Movement” by Robert Garcia (July-August 2014 P&R Issue)
“A Blueprint for Opportunity: A Look Back at HUD’s Regional Housing Mobility Program” by Megan Haberle (May-June 2014 P&R Issue)
By Megan Haberle (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In an age of widening income inequality, advocates and policymakers are striving to design policies that can extend ladders to better lives for all. This includes exploring new policies that address the geographic distribution of opportunity and its underlying legacy of segregation—the architecture of our shared … [Read more...] about “A Blueprint for Opportunity: A Look Back at HUD’s Regional Housing Mobility Program” by Megan Haberle (May-June 2014 P&R Issue)
“School Integration Requires Cooperation: Some Lessons from New York City” by Khin Mai Aung & David Tipson (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
By Khin Mai Aung & David Tipson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In February 2013, charter school operators across New York City— where we live and work—submitted letters to local parent Community Education Councils announcing plans to site new charter schools. Some operators touted the benefits of racially and economically diverse schools and … [Read more...] about “School Integration Requires Cooperation: Some Lessons from New York City” by Khin Mai Aung & David Tipson (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
“Race, Anyone? High School Students Can Show the Way” by Lawrence Blum (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
By Lawrence Blum (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) “Why would slaves be interested in Christianity when we saw that slave owners used Christianity to justify slavery and oppress black people?” asked Hannah, a white student. “Jesus too was oppressed, as blacks were, and God was on the side of oppressed people who would eventually triumph over their oppression … [Read more...] about “Race, Anyone? High School Students Can Show the Way” by Lawrence Blum (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
“Education as a Civic Right: Using Schools to Challenge the Civic Empowerment Gap” by Meira Levinson (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
By Meira Levinson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Each semester I taught eighth-grade “Civics in Action” in the Boston Public Schools (BPS), students were required to take a standardized End-of-Course Assessment. One question asked them to select an issue “of importance to your school, your community, the country, the world and you.” Students were … [Read more...] about “Education as a Civic Right: Using Schools to Challenge the Civic Empowerment Gap” by Meira Levinson (May-June 2013 P&R Issue)
