These are books, websites, and other media we find helpful in this work. If you know of a resource or link that should be included, let us know at pastorsforncchildren@gmail.com.
LENTEN PRAYERS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS GUIDE
ARTICLES
LEANDRO Information
https://www.ncforum.org/leandro/
https://www.publicschoolsfirstnc.org/know-the-issues/sound-basic-education-leandro/
GENERAL Resources
Effective And Equitable: Creating A Shared Vision of NC Schools
Stymied by Segregation: How Integration Can Transform NC Schools
Education Without Barriers: Addressing the Needs of NC’s English Learning Students
Don’t Send Public Money to Unaccountable Private Schools
The Unraveling: Poorly-Crafted Education Policies Are Failing NC Children
The Facts on Charter Schools Fact Sheet
A-F School Performance Grades Fact Sheet
The Facts About School Vouchers Fact Sheet
What and who are fueling the movement to privatize public education — and why you should care by Valerie Strauss
There is a movement to privatize public education in America. Here’s how far it has gotten by Valerie Strauss
NC School District’s by Educational Opportunity (and related research)
BOOKS
All Our Children: The Church’s Call To Address Education Inequality ed. by Lallie Lloyd
Educating All God’s Children: What Christians Can–And Should Do–To Improve Public Education For Low-Income Kids by Nicole Baker-Fulgham
Slaying Goliath: The Passionate Resistance To Privatization and The Fight To Save America’s Public Schools by Diane Ravitch
Reign of Error: The Hoax of the Privatization Movement and the Danger to America’s Public Schools by Diane Ravitch
The Death and Life of the Great American School System: How Testing and Choice Are Undermining Education by Diane Ravitch
Educational Goods: Values, Evidence, and Decision Making by Harry Brighouse, Helen F. Ladd, Susanna Loeb, and Adam Swift
Church / Denominational Resources
A Litany for Education by the National Council of Churches
Episcopal Church USA: All Our Children Monthly Webinar Library
United Church of Christ: Justice In Public Education
United Church of Christ Poverty and Public Education
United Methodist Social Principals to Support Public Education
United Methodist Congregations for Children (C4C)
United Methodist Advocating for Public Schools (UMAPS)
National Council of Churches Committee on Public Education and Literacy
PODCASTS
Nikole Hannah-Jones on This American Life: “The Problem We All Live With-Part One”
Nikole Hannah-Jones on This American Life: “The Problem We All Live With-Part Two”
A Conversation with Emily Hanford About Reading Instruction In the US.
Emily Hanford on APM: Hard Words: Why Aren’t Kids Being Taught To Read?
VIDEO RESOURCES
All Our Children Webinar Series
The Next Question Video Series: Nikole Hannah-Jones
WEBSITES / EDUCATION ORGANIZATIONS
Action for Equity Winston-Salem
Equity Justice Alliance (Wake County)
EPIC: Education Policy Initiative at UNC-Chapel Hill
Kids Count Data Center on NC Children
Miseducation: Is There Racial Inequality at Your School? by ProPublica
NC Child: High-Quality Education
NC Foundation for Public School Children
NC Justice Center’s Education & Law Project
Schott Foundation For Public Education
The Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford University
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