Deep Dive
- District 15 rolled out a diversity plan to integrate all its middle schools.
- The plan aimed to break up racial segregation and concentrations of wealth and poverty.
- The author, Chana Joffe-Walt, initially missed the unfolding of this plan.
Shownotes Transcript
Chana has traced the history of the school from its founding and come to the present. But now: One unexpected last chapter. Last year, the school district for BHS mandated a change in the zoning process to ensure all middle schools would be racially integrated. No longer can white families hoard resources in a few select schools. Black and Latino parents have been demanding this change since the late 1950s. The courts have mandated it. Chana asks: How did this happen? And is this a blueprint for real, systemic change?
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