tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post6269793688006051392..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: The Racial School Divide in Harlem: A Public School Where Staff is Black, A Co-located Charter With a White Staffed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-76613463637530812232011-02-16T11:10:47.012-05:002011-02-16T11:10:47.012-05:00This issue is going to play out on many levels. Re...This issue is going to play out on many levels. Remember: charter "co-locations" (in reality takeovers) are also a real estate play, with privatizers seeking to control if not take title to public facilities. And this is also taking place within the context of the rapid gentrification of the vary same communities where charters are being most aggressive.<br /><br />The takeover and colonization of the schools corresponds to the takeover and colonization of the neighborhoods, with affluent whites moving in, and the long-term residents of color being forced out. <br /><br />I was struck by the same thought yesterday when looking at a photograph of teachers at Columbus HS in the Bronx protesting their imminent closing: the teachers present appeared to be a cross-section of New Yorkers, whereas you know that those replacing them in the new schools will be young, affluent, white, and overwhelmingly from out of the city.Michael Fiorillonoreply@blogger.com