The report has critics, including Antwan Jefferson, an assistant professor at the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Education and Human Development, who served on the Strengthening Neighborhoods Initiative. He wrote a response that called for input from more community experts and a deeper look at how coded language (calling a traditionally black neighborhood a “stronghold”), privilege, and bias impact education policy discussions today. “If integration is the answer, what is the question?” Jefferson asks, in general, of education policy.
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