AltWeeklies Wire
The Trials of a Neighborhood High Schoolnew
Wells Community Academy in Chicago has disadvantaged students, many unhelpful parents, a bad reputation, charters nibbling at its enrollment—and some rare successes. Can it survive?
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
05-06-2014 |
Race & Class
Tags: Segregation, Education
Mississippi Segregating Mentally Illnew
A growing chorus of mental-health advocates believes Mississippi should move away from an institution-based approach to treatment in favor of home care and community-based services.
Jackson Free Press |
R.L. Nave |
04-05-2012 |
Health
Separate, Unequal, and Ignorednew
Racial segregation remains Chicago's most fundamental problem. Why isn't it an issue in the mayor's race?
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
02-14-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: Chicago, Segregation
Nashville School Resegregation Threatens a New Generationnew
The black-white educational achievement gap is already yawning in Nashville, and the city's black leaders are convinced a rezoning plan will exacerbate that.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
08-29-2008 |
Education
Developmentally Disabled Boy Kicked Out of Cub Scoutsnew
Cub Scout pack leaders wrote to Christopher Lowe-Irby's mother and said her 7-year-old would be barred from meetings and activities "for both his safety and the other children's safety."
Riverfront Times |
Malcolm Gay |
10-26-2004 |
Children & Families
