In today's
New York Times, a Williamsburg, Brooklyn magnet school tries to integrate its mostly Hispanic population. Dr. Diane Ravitch commented, “I can’t remember the last time anyone in a leadership position said
anything about desegregation. That sends a signal. They talk about choice.”Also, see a
review of a new book by Deborah Kenney, former Sesame Street executive an sponsor of Harlem Village Academies: " “Everything we have learned and accomplished at Harlem Village
Academies,” she wrote, “has been enabled by two conditions:
accountability and freedom.”