usatoday.com/story/opinion/…' We need to hold all public schools to the same high standard of openness.' Great article by AvailableToAll and Tim DeRoche in USA TODAY

'How can a public school deny enrollment to a little girl in 2024? Usually because of her address.

The vast majority of public schools still use exclusionary maps to determine who is or isn’t eligible to enroll.'

~Tim DeRoche, founder of AvailableToAll

#NoMoreLines

After Kelley Williams-Bolar used her father’s address to enroll her daughters in a safe & high-performing school not far from her home in Akron, Ohio, the district charged Kelley & her father with felonies for “stealing” education. Independent Women's Forum AvailableToAll
iwf.org/2024/05/14/kel…

A very good piece from Tim DeRoche in @usatoday.

We still have a ways to go to fulfill the promise of Brown v. Board of Ed.

One thing #Oh can do though is to make sure we have universal intra-district public #school #openenrollment . That means #NoMoreLines .

#education

'Seven decades after Brown, low-income children— many of them children of color—are still systematically excluded from the very best public schools.'

In USA TODAY, our president Tim DeRoche writes about how all kids can access the best public schools: hubs.la/Q02xfvpd0

'The brutal truth is this: In 2024, although Linda Brown wouldn’t be turned away from a coveted public school because of her race, it’s likely she would still be turned away. And it’s all perfectly legal.' Tim DeRoche AvailableToAll usatoday.com/story/opinion/…

Brown v. Board at 70: Joan Anderson remembers what it was like in Delaware during the first day of integration. (Part 1) the74million.org/article/watch-…

Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 70 years later: We're still failing children usatoday.com/story/opinion/…