Resources: Reimagining K‐12 School Integration Policy in Massachusetts
Federal Policy and NCSD Advocacy Documents
- Reaffirming the Role of School Integration in K-12 Education Policy by the National Coalition on School Diversity (2012)
- Federal Support for School Integration: A Status Report by the National Coalition on School Diversity (2012)
- Guidance on the Voluntary Use of Race to Achieve Diversity and Avoid Racial Isolation in Elementary and Secondary Schools by the U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Justice (2011)
Massachusetts Context
- The Boston Metro Indicators Project: The State of Equity in Metropolitan Boston by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (2011)
- Prospects for Equity in Boston Public Schools’ School Assignment Plans by Nancy McArdle, Theresa Osypuk and Dolores Acevedo‐García (2010)
- METCO Merits More by Susan Eaton and Gina Chirichigno (2011)
- Mapping School Choice in Massachusetts by Center for Education Research & Policy at MassINC and the Boston Foundation (2003)
Lessons from Other States and School Districts
- Diversity Strategies for Successful Schools: Recommendations by the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity at The Ohio State University (2011)
- A Comprehensive Strategy to Integrate Twin Cities Schools and Neighborhoods by Myron Orfield, Thomas Luce, Baris Gumus-Dawes, Geneva Finn and Eric Myott (2009)
- Integrating Suburban Schools: How to Benefit from Growing Diversity and Avoid Segregation by Adai Tefera, Erica Frankenberg, Genevieve Siegel-Hawley and Gina Chirichigno (2011)
National Perspective
- America’s Racially Diverse Suburbs: Opportunities and Challenges by Myron Orfield and Thomas F. Luce, Jr. (2012)
- For Each and Every Child: A Strategy for Education Equity and Excellence by The Equity and Excellence Commission (2013) more info
One Nation Indivisible Publications
- Not Your Father’s Suburb: Race and Rectitude in a Changing Minnesota Community by Susan Eaton (2012)
- Have We Learned Our Language Lesson? In Spite of Massachusetts’ Decade-Old English-Only Law, Two- Way Bilingual Programs Demonstrate Promise and Enjoy Enduring Popularity by Susan Eaton (2012)
- Upstream People: Can Nebraska Show a Separate, Unequal Nation a Better Way? by Susan Eaton (2013)
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