What We're Listening To
625: essay b (This American Life)
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Description: In 1967, the first two black students were enrolled at an all-white private boarding school in Virginia. The main reason they were there? To benefit the white kids. This week: stories about being enlisted to benefit another person’s educational experience. A version of this story appears in The New York Times Magazine.
a year of love and struggle in a new high school (NPR)
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At Ron Brown College Preparatory High School, students aren't kids or boys. In the classrooms and cafeteria, they're kings. That's just one of the many things that stand out in this new boys-only, public school in Washington, D.C. The school opened in August 2016 to a class of roughly 100 young men. All are freshmen. All are students of color. All are determined to change the narrative.
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A Civil War-era Law Could Help Change Mississippi's Segregated School System
“The idea is that this level of segregation is no recent coincidence — it’s a product of entrenched, historical racism."
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Kids Get Reading Lessons with Their Haircuts in Some Ft. Worth Barbershops
"And we felt like by them coming to the barbershop every week, seeing us all the time, we could push them.”
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James Baldwin's Lesson for Teachers in a Time of Turmoil
"Should they incorporate potentially contentious issues into their lessons? Should lessons be pushed aside to tackle the urgent matters of the day?"
