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...
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. . . ....
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...
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...
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...