Talk Out of School

Is Integration the Solution to Attain Racial Equity in NYC Schools?

Episode Summary

Leonie interviews Alexandra Freidus, former teacher and Professor at the University of Connecticut, whose fascinating and challenging book entitled “Unequal Lessons: School Diversity and Educational Inequality in NYC" explores whether integration efforts alone within the largely segregated NYC public school system would achieve true equity and education justice.

Episode Notes

Alexandra Freidus, Unequal Lessons: School Diversity and Educational Inequality in New York City, https://nyupress.org/9781479827817/unequal-lessons/

Alexandra Freidus, CV, https://education.uconn.edu/person/alexandra-freidus/

WEB Dubois, Does the Negro Does the Negro Need Separate Schools?
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/freedom/1917beyond/essays/does-the-negro-need-seperate-schools.pdf

Politico, Brooklyn school rezoning proposal at heart of diversity debate is approved, https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2016/01/brooklyn-school-rezoning-proposal-at-heart-of-diversity-debate-is-approved-029673

DNA Info, Schools Boss Touts Pen Pal System as Substitute for Racial Integration, https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151029/upper-west-side/schools-boss-touts-pen-pal-system-as-substitute-for-racial-integration/