will have largely segregated schools and we want to make them equal though they re going to be separate. that is in many senses across the partisan divide, ideological divide, that s the conversation we re having in this country about educational equity right now. it s unfortunate that not enough people have just acknowledged that integration is much cheaper than trying to turn around high poverty schools. only 1% of high poverty schools succeed. right. and meanwhile, integration is cheaper and it works for everyone, and by the way, only 42% of all americans today live in a middle class neighborhood. there are a lot of struggling people of all colors who want access to quality. yep. and that s part of the reason i m such a champion for magnate schools. yeah, it s a really good point, right? we think about resources, think about it in terms of zero sum. we have a solution the literature tells us that works quite well that s staring us in the face. nikole hannah-jones. sheryl
are integrated pace spaces. that s a great point. city governments don t give enough incentive and support for parents who want diversity for their kids. i often hold up the example of hartford and the surrounding region. through a lawsuit and multiracial coalition of city and suburban parents, that region, that region has built 48 magnate schools that allow kids from all different backgrounds, particularly disadvantaged kids to access high quality schools that are decoupled from where they live and it works. we ve seen that s one model that s been successful. however, we ve seen other models that were fairly successful that the roberts court these were voluntary models. the parents united case which i should say the principal of park
there for integration than there are integrated spaces. that s a great point. city governments don t give enough incentive and support for parents who want diversity for their kids. i often hold up the example of hartford and the surrounding region. through a lawsuit and multiracial coalition of city and suburban parents, that region, that region has built 48 magnate schools that allow kids from all different backgrounds, particularly disadvantaged kids to access high quality schools that are decoupled from where they live and it works. we ve seen that s one model that s been successful. however, we ve seen other models that were fairly successful that the roberts court these were voluntary models. the parents united case which i should say the principal of park
divide, that s the conversation we re having in this country about educational equity right now. it s unfortunate that not enough people have just acknowledged that integration is much cheaper than trying to turn around high poverty schools. only 1% of high poverty schools succeed. right. and meanwhile, integration is cheaper and it works for everyone, and by the way, only 42% of all americans today live in a middle class neighborhood. there are a lot of struggling people of all colors who want access to quality. yep. and that s part of the reason i m such a champion for magnate schools. yeah, it s a really good point, right? we think about resources, think about it in terms of zero sum. we have a solution the literature tells us that works quite well that s staring us in the face. nikole hannah-jones. sheryll cashin. coming up, preview of
the partisan divide, ideological divide, that s the conversation we re having in this country about educational equity right now. it s unfortunate that not enough people have just acknowledged that integration is much cheaper than trying to turn around high poverty schools. only 1% of high poverty schools succeed. right. and meanwhile, integration is cheaper and it works for everyone, and by the way, only 42% of all americans today live in a middle class neighborhood. there are a lot of struggling people of all colors who want access to quality. yep. and that s part of the reason i m such a champion for magnate schools. yeah, it s a really good point, right? we think about resources, think about it in terms of zero sum. we have a solution the literature tells us that works quite well that s staring us in the face. coming up, preview of