Omaha’s radical attempt at school integration shows how beneficial diversity can be — and how hard it can be to sustain.
Sharon Lerner
Sharon Lerner covers education, work/life, and other issues affecting children and families, and conceived of the Prospect's special report on early education. She is a Senior Fellow at Demos, a progressive think tank.
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The Part-Time Bind
Mothers who need flexible work-from-home opportunities make easy prey for online marketing scams.
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The Sex-Ed Divide
If Maple Grove Senior High chose a prom queen, AshleyGort would have had a good shot at the crown. Ashley, a petite and popular juniorwith delicate features, wore deep-sea blue to the event, accessorizing her fullybeaded gown with a blue necklace like the one Kate Winslet wore in Titanic and matching blue rhinestones scattered over […]