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Home » school segregation

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The year in school segregation: More of the same

by Steve Bogira December 23, 2013August 19, 2021

CPS and city officials seem resigned to their apartheid school district.

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How Chicago should honor Mandela

by Steve Bogira December 6, 2013August 19, 2021

Apartheid wasn’t just a South African thing.

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Why trying to make separate equal is a failing strategy for Chicago’s schools

by Steve Bogira June 13, 2013August 19, 2021

Separate but equal “has no place in the field of public education.”

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What has Emanuel done so far about racial segregation?

by Steve Bogira January 24, 2013August 18, 2021

“Old problems cry out for better results,” the mayor said nearly two years ago.

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A different kind of busing approach to desegregation

by Steve Bogira November 30, 2012August 19, 2021

Intergroup contact is especially important in a segregated city, and another argument for public transit

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Segregation and Obama’s second term

by Steve Bogira November 8, 2012August 19, 2021

It’s never politically expedient for a president to fight segregation

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The tenacity of school segregation

by Steve Bogira October 25, 2012August 19, 2021

The roots of our racially separate schools are deep

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Chicago schools: even more segregated than they seem

by Steve Bogira October 18, 2012August 19, 2021

There’s great potential for diverse schools in Cook County

Hayley Himmelman (left) in front of New Trier High, and Jasmeen Wellere (right) in front of Hirsch Metropolitan High
Posted inNews & Politics

Two students, two high schools, two divergent paths to college

by Steve Bogira October 17, 2012August 19, 2021

Two students, two high schools, two divergent paths to college

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