Considering race, class and power in Texas Education Agency’s takeover of Houston Independent School District
The Texas Education Agency is seizing control of the largest school district in the state. For both supporters and opponents of the takeover, race and class plays an undeniable central role in the move.
Rice University relocates statue, remains of slave-owning founder as part of quad redesign
Construction began earlier this month on the long-planned redesign of Rice's Academic Quadrangle and is expected to be complete by the spring. A statue of university founder William Marsh Rice is being moved from the center of the courtyard to a less-prominent location.
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You're right, "school choice" and vouchers are policies that support the right's ongoing battle against Brown v. Board (1954). So is school district secession.
And this seems like a good spot to share a great piece by Nikole Hannah-Jones (apologies for the paywall, don't know of a free place it's available)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/magazine/the-resegregation-of-jefferson-county.html
Related Vox article:
https://www.vox.com/2019/9/6/20853091/school-secession-racial-segregation-louisiana-alabama
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#SchoolSegregation #education #racism #BrownVBoard #NikoleHannahJones #SchoolSecession
The Resegregation of Jefferson County
What one Alabama town’s attempt to secede from its school district tells us about the fragile progress of racial integration in America.
White supremacists (known as segregationists at the time) have been fighting Brown v. Board since 1954. White supremacy is the most powerful force unifying today's Republican Party.
"House Freedom Caucus members unsuccessfully tried to add provisions that would have called to abolish the Department of Education and endorsed vouchers that would send public funds to private schools"
https://apnews.com/article/parents-rights-education-book-bans-9073f42e2bfda393d39dd8cb7b2cc8f4
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#uspolitics #GOP #Republicans #racism #education #SchoolSegregation
House GOP passes parents' rights bill in clash over schools
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans on Friday narrowly passed legislation to press a midterm campaign promise to give parents greater say in what's taught in public schools even as critics complained the “parents’ rights” bill would fuel a far-right movement that's resulted in book bans, restrictions aimed at transgender students and raucous school board meetings across the country.
Why are schools in the U.S. still racially segregated?
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