By Sarah Gantz, Baltimore Sun Maryland has agreed to finance the development of 1,500 affordable housing units in prosperous neighborhoods throughout the Baltimore region and rewrite policies that civil rights groups say perpetuated segregation for decades. … [Read more...] about Maryland Reaches Fair Housing Agreement with Federal Government (Baltimore Sun)
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Health, Housing, and Civil Rights Strategies (Grantmakers – Health Newsletter)
By Megan Haberle, PRRAC Grantmakers, practitioners, and advocates have recognized the role of place in shaping health, and know that there is a growing urgency to respond to inequities related to housing, residential segregation, and neighborhood conditions. This urgency is likely to soon be compounded by the emerging issue of climate change and the health effects it will … [Read more...] about Health, Housing, and Civil Rights Strategies (Grantmakers – Health Newsletter)
Trump Administration Puts on Hold an Obama-Era Desegregation Effort (The Atlantic)
By Alana Samuels, The Atlantic The zip code where a child grows up can have a huge effect on that kid’s entire life. Children who grow up in low-poverty areas make more money than people who grow up in high-poverty areas, according to work by a team of researchers led by Raj Chetty, a Stanford economist. They’re also more likely to go to college and less likely to be single … [Read more...] about Trump Administration Puts on Hold an Obama-Era Desegregation Effort (The Atlantic)
‘Parents Involved,’ A Decade Later (The American Prospect)
By Rachel M. Cohen, The American Prospect Wednesday marks the ten-year anniversary of legal conservatives’ last great effort to kill school integration in the Supreme Court. That effort failed—though few understood that at the time. To this day, misconceptions abound about whether voluntary school desegregation is constitutionally permitted in the United States. … [Read more...] about ‘Parents Involved,’ A Decade Later (The American Prospect)
One Big Fix for the City Schools: More Racial Integration (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
By Rob Cullen, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Haven’t I read this before? That thought kept popping into my head as I went over “Expect Great Things,” the new strategic plan from Pittsburgh Public Schools. Of course I hadn’t — it was only released a few weeks ago — but it’s easy to see why it felt so familiar. … [Read more...] about One Big Fix for the City Schools: More Racial Integration (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
