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the green apples
Contrary to common thought, new findings from the UCLA Civil Rights Project assert gentrification is an opportunity for integration. Both gentrification and school choice are sometimes blamed for making segregation issues worse. But this research out of D.C. shows there is potential for neighborhood revitalization that breeds opportunity for all without displacement or segregation.
Yesterday, we celebrated presidents, people who have shaped our country in powerful ways. They not only fill the role of head of state and commander in chief, but they have also commonly been fathers, burdened with the typical worries of an American parent. And concerns about their children’s education do not vanish when elected and settled into the White House.
Several year ago, I learned about an incredible woman, born in slavery in Raleigh, NC who eventually became one of the most important figures in American education, Anna J. Cooper. Representing an organization that is for equal education and was founded in Raleigh, it seemed fitting to highlight the voice of such an instrumental African-American woman in education this February. But in researching Cooper, I also learned about the school she gave her heart and soul too.
