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.
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/