Link to the article July 29, 2019 Ellen McGirt for Fortune Over the weekend, President Donald Trump launched a now-familiar style of attack on Maryland Rep. Elijah Cummings. Racist. “Rep, Elijah Cummings has been a brutal bully, shouting and screaming at the great men & women of Border Patrol about conditions at the Southern Border, when actually his Baltimore … [Read more...] about Trump Comes for Baltimore, Baltimore Claps Back (July 2019)
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Guest Blog Post: Of Schools, Busing, Integration And Outdated Federal Policy (The School Superintendents Blog)
By Philip Tegeler, Executive Director, Poverty & Race Research Action Council; and Sunil Mansukhani, Principal, The Raben Group (The School Superintendents Blog) Few expected busing to be a major issue during the June 27 Democratic debate. The spirited exchange between Senator Kamala Harris and former Vice President Joe Biden was unexpected by just about everyone, since … [Read more...] about Guest Blog Post: Of Schools, Busing, Integration And Outdated Federal Policy (The School Superintendents Blog)
What It Means When Democratic Frontrunners Say They Support the Strength in Diversity Act (Chalkbeat)
By Kalyn Belsha, Chalkbeat [...] “That’s the theory of change of the bill, that there are a lot of places that would like to do something, but they need this incentive to push it to the forefront,” said Philip Tegeler, who heads the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, a civil rights organization that has advocated for the legislation. Though the program would … [Read more...] about What It Means When Democratic Frontrunners Say They Support the Strength in Diversity Act (Chalkbeat)
Segregation Has Soared in America’s Schools as Federal Leaders Largely Looked Away (LA Times)
By Seema Mehta and Michael Finnegan, LA Times [...] “The federal government is not the agency on the ground doing the hard work of making it happen, but the role of federal incentives is huge,” said Philip Tegeler, executive director of the Poverty & Race Research Action Council, a civil rights group. Over the next few years, “the most important thing the federal … [Read more...] about Segregation Has Soared in America’s Schools as Federal Leaders Largely Looked Away (LA Times)
“Do You Support Busing?’ Is Not the Best Question (New York Times)
By Emily Badger, The New York Times [...] Other policies that might help disrupt the feedback loop between neighborhood and school segregation include measures to equalize school funding within states across school districts, so that wealthy communities with higher property taxes wouldn’t inherently have more to spend on education, compounding the advantages that also … [Read more...] about “Do You Support Busing?’ Is Not the Best Question (New York Times)