MORE THREATS TO SCHOOL DIVERSITY
I recently wrote about new challenges to school integration in two North Carolina school districts. The South has been the region that made the most [...]
Read More“BEYOND THE BACKPACK”: DORA THE EXPLORER HELPS PREPARE CHILDREN TO START SCHOOL
Is every child in your community ready to start school? This may seem like a strange question to families still finishing up their plans for [...]
Read More“THE DANGEROUS DRIFT BACK TOWARDS SEGREGATED SCHOOLS”
Two recent decisions by school boards in North Carolina are local signs of a troubling national trend towards resegregation in public schools. In New Hanover [...]
Read More“ROSENWALD SCHOOLS: RECLAIMING A LEGACY”
Across the country, schoolchildren have been studying Black History Month. But many Americans know very little about a group of schools that educated hundreds of [...]
Read More“EMPOWERING THE NEXT GENERATION THROUGH THE CDF FREEDOM SCHOOLS® PROGRAM”
Close your eyes and think about the words summer school. What comes to mind? If you picture a room full of children clapping, chanting, laughing and [...]
Read More“THE GROWING PROBLEM OF OVER-POLICING OUR SCHOOLS”
Imagine being four years old and put into handcuffs because you and your friend wouldn't take a nap in your pre-K class. Or being five [...]
Read More“REMEMBERING SALLY SMITH, THE PIONEERING ARTS EDUCATOR”
It was a catered evening reception at the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., but this event didn't signal an [...]
Read More“CDF’S 35TH ANNIVERSARY: LOOKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD”
As we all look to a new year and pause to remember the highlights of the last one, the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) is reflecting [...]
Read More“KAUFFMAN FOUNDATION EXPANDS KANSAS CITY CDF FREEDOM SCHOOLS® PROGRAM”
The rows of young people with "Kansas City CDF Freedom Schools" in black letters on their goldenrod T-shirts stood out among the 1,200 mostly college [...]
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