The Resegregation of Charlotte’s Public Schools By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Charlotte, North Carolina, once embraced public school integration, but schools have become highly segregated again.
The Great Online School Scam By Longreads Feature Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
The Word Is ‘Nemesis’: The Fight to Integrate the National Spelling Bee By cgreend Feature For talented black spellers in the 1960s, the segregated local spelling bee was the beginning and the end of the long road to Washington, D.C.
‘Apostrophes’: Nikole Hannah-Jones on Race, Education and Inequality, at Longreads Story Night By Longreads Commentary Video: An incredibly moving piece by The New York Times Magazine writer.
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