White liberals perpetuate segregation, charged journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones in a lecture at Yale, reports Christopher Peak in the New Haven Independent. White parents don’t send their children to predominantly black or brown schools, she said. Desegregation peaked in 1988, Hannah-Jones said. That year, the national achievement gap on reading scores was half of what it was in 1971 — the smallest it ever was and has been since. Studies showed the effects of desegregation last

School choice encourages integration and gentrification in low-income, minority neighborhoods, writes Matt Barnum on Chalkbeat. “The ability to opt out of the neighborhood school increased the likelihood that a mostly black or Hispanic neighborhood would see an influx of wealthier residents,” concluded a national study that looked at magnets, charters, vouchers and open-enrollment options. ““Growing up in high-poverty neighborhoods can hurt kids,” writes Barnum. If more educa