Subscribe Search Despite a rapid explosion of suburban developments over the last 20 years, beef, grain and produce farms continue to operate near many schools in Chandler, Ariz., as seen on March 3, 2021. Ash Ponders for Education Week Suburban Public Schools Are Now Majority-Nonwhite. The Backlash Has Already Begun Chandler, Ariz., where the public schools were 49.9 percent white at the start of this school year, embodies the tensions roiling suburban America Suburban Public Schools Are Now Majority-Nonwhite. The Backlash Has Already Begun Chandler, Ariz., where the public schools were 49.9 percent white at the start of this school year, embodies the tensions roiling suburban America