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New Jersey Says It Studies Charter School Segregation, But Won’t Share The Findings

by lindaoppenheim | May 4, 2022 | Article, schools

  Patrick Wall, of Chalkbeat Newark, reports that the New Jersey attorney general is supporting the state’s Department of Education’s position that the state does not have to reveal its segregation findings about charter schools— or even put them in...

How Much Wealthier Are White School Districts Than Nonwhite Ones? $23 Billion, Report Says

by lindaoppenheim | Mar 4, 2019 | Article, Documents

“The report, released this week by the nonprofit EdBuild, put a dollar amount on the problem of school segregation, which has persisted long after Brown v. Board of Education and was targeted in recent lawsuits in states from New Jersey to Minnesota. . . ....

Students weigh in on how to fix New Jersey’s school segregation problem

by lindaoppenheim | Feb 26, 2019 | Article

New Jersey is ranked the sixth-most-segregated state in the nation for black students, and seventh for Latino students.  High school students from Ridgewood, Leonia, Cliffside Park and New Milford recently convened to propose solutions to the racial divisions in New...

Black travelers had every reason to fear N.J., but you wouldn’t know it from ‘Green Book.’

by lindaoppenheim | Feb 24, 2019 | Article, history

Kathleen O’Brien rightly notes the limitations of the Oscar-nominated movie Green Book, which tells the story of the friendship between pianist Dr. Don Shirley and his chauffeur Tony Lip and depicts segregation in accommodations in the South in the 1950s.  (The...

Date Correction: Black History Month Presentation @ Trenton Free Public Library, February 16, 2019

by lindaoppenheim | Feb 11, 2019 | Events

Black History Month Presentation 1:30-3:30 p.m. @ Community Room  Join us as we present three wonderful speakers focusing on the role of women and young girls in the desegregation of our schools. Dr. Rachel Devlin of Rutgers University will discuss her new book A Girl...
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