As a newcomer in Oakland, California, Courtney Martin wondered why there were no white children on her nearby elementary school playground. Other white parents told her, euphemistically, that that school was “not suitable” for their children; It found the school had a score of one out of ten on the school’s data website. Martin began researching disturbing racial dynamics in urban public schools. In a conversation with her, she said, “Here we are all.” Andrew Marantz, “Progressives who moved [to Oakland] . . . To live in a multi-ethnic urban community. And then we will specifically try not to go to school with children of color.” Integration, according to educational research, helps with outcomes for children of color. But her black child’s teacher told Martin that she was skeptical about how this finding created the idea that white students need ” Saving a public school. Martin wrote about these complex moral choices inLearning in Public: Lessons for Racially Divided America from My Daughter’s School. “
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