School Segregation /tags/school-segregation School Segregation en-US Copyright © 2024 Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:16:06 GMT A member of the Little Rock Nine and longtime East St. Louis teacher has died /race-identity-and-faith/2024-10-30/member-little-rock-nine-east-st-louis-schools-trailblazer-died Little Rock Nine member Thelma Mothershed-Wair died this month in Arkansas. She taught in East St. Louis for nearly 20 years before retiring and working at the St. Clair County Jail and Juvenile Detention Center. She was 83. Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:16:06 GMT /race-identity-and-faith/2024-10-30/member-little-rock-nine-east-st-louis-schools-trailblazer-died Andrea Y. Henderson Circuit court finds St. Louis charter schools can continue to receive desegregation funding /education/2023-04-20/circuit-court-finds-st-louis-charter-schools-can-continue-to-receive-desegregation-funding The court said charter schools do not have to spend the money on desegregation programs. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 21:48:23 GMT /education/2023-04-20/circuit-court-finds-st-louis-charter-schools-can-continue-to-receive-desegregation-funding Kate Grumke The U.S. student population is more diverse, but schools are still highly segregated /education/2022-07-14/the-u-s-student-population-is-more-diverse-but-schools-are-still-highly-segregated A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office finds that public schools remain highly segregated along racial, ethnic and socioeconomic lines. One reason: school district secession. Fri, 15 Jul 2022 14:08:02 GMT /education/2022-07-14/the-u-s-student-population-is-more-diverse-but-schools-are-still-highly-segregated Sequoia Carrillo, Pooja Salhotra In ‘The State Must Provide,’ Adam Harris Explores Racial Disparities In Higher Education /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-09-22/in-the-state-must-provide-adam-harris-explores-racial-disparities-in-higher-education Atlantic staff writer Adam Harris discusses his book “The State Must Provide,” which explores the long history of inequality in higher education — and offers provocative remedies for the funding shortfalls that plague universities serving students of color. Wed, 22 Sep 2021 19:43:34 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-09-22/in-the-state-must-provide-adam-harris-explores-racial-disparities-in-higher-education Sarah Fenske Uprising: Navigating Educational Inequities /podcast/we-live-here/2020-11-13/uprising-navigating-educational-inequities Many schools have started hybrid in-person and online learning, even as coronavirus cases keep rising and students continue to experience disparities in accessing technology, meeting their daily needs, and learning at home. So in this episode, we’ll hear from a first generation college student who has been helping her community navigate the education system and an executive director of a local education-based nonprofit will share what parents and families face when navigating the St. Louis Public Schools system and how that impacts students’ experiences with higher education. And then, we’ll zoom all the way out to examine why St. Louis’ educational landscape remains uneven and segregated over six decades after the Brown vs. Board of Education decision.This episode was produced with the help of Lindy Drew, Lead Storyteller and Co-Founder of Humans of St. Louis, which is a paid content partner of Navigate STL Schools and Forward through Ferguson. As always, We Live Here’s coverage remains independent. Fri, 13 Nov 2020 14:41:28 GMT /podcast/we-live-here/2020-11-13/uprising-navigating-educational-inequities Jia Lian Yang, Lauren Brown At select charter schools, white families tip the balance toward diversity /education/2017-11-07/at-select-charter-schools-white-families-tip-the-balance-toward-diversity If you walk into most public schools in the city of St. Louis, you’d never know that five black parents won a federal desegregation lawsuit in 1975, or… Tue, 07 Nov 2017 12:23:43 GMT /education/2017-11-07/at-select-charter-schools-white-families-tip-the-balance-toward-diversity Charter schools looking for ways to increase student diversity /education/2016-03-20/charter-schools-looking-for-ways-to-increase-student-diversity As with the rest of the country, most white and black children in St. Louis go to separate schools.It’s a topic our We Live Here team has been digging… Sun, 20 Mar 2016 06:48:22 GMT /education/2016-03-20/charter-schools-looking-for-ways-to-increase-student-diversity Tim Lloyd Fair housing conference focuses on school segregation, occupancy permits /government-politics-issues/2015-04-10/fair-housing-conference-focuses-on-school-segregation-occupancy-permits Almost 45 percent of St. Louis-area children living in Section 8 housing go to schools ranked in the bottom 10th percentile of the state. That’s almost 20… Sat, 11 Apr 2015 03:16:26 GMT /government-politics-issues/2015-04-10/fair-housing-conference-focuses-on-school-segregation-occupancy-permits Does school choice lead to resegregation? /education/2010-02-24/does-school-choice-lead-to-resegregation This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Feb. 24, 2010 - A new report on the racial makeup of enrollment in the nation's charter schools says… Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:37:07 GMT /education/2010-02-24/does-school-choice-lead-to-resegregation Dale Singer Commentary: As schools resegregate, this area needs to talk about race /government-politics-issues/2009-11-10/commentary-as-schools-resegregate-this-area-needs-to-talk-about-race This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Nov. 10, 2009 - When the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial educational segregation was inherently… Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:16:49 GMT /government-politics-issues/2009-11-10/commentary-as-schools-resegregate-this-area-needs-to-talk-about-race Terry Jones