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City residents who support neighborhood schools are often divided by race and purpose

  • Written by Hava Rachel Gordon, Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Denver
City residents who support neighborhood schools are often divided by race and purposeLocal school support is fragmented by race and class.digitalskillet / Getty Images

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When community activists protest issues related to local schools, they do so through movements that are largely segregated by race and class. This is what I found through my research on...

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