What is school colors?
“School Colors” is an eight-part documentary podcast series about education in Central Brooklyn. It explores what schools in this neighborhood looked like in years and generations past — and why.
What episode of School Colors is about self-governance?
In the wake of the 1968 teachers’ strikes, black residents of Central Brooklyn continued to fight for community control of local schools. The fourth episode of “School Colors” looks at two experiments in self-governance — one within the school system and one in the form of an independent school called Uhuru Sasa Shule — and the legacies of those efforts.
What episode of School Colors is the battle for school integration?
The eighth episode of the “School Colors” explores the battle for school integration, which is back on the table for the first time in decades. But what’s the right approach — and what would desegregation mean for Central Brooklyn? This episode looks to the future.
Why are schools starved in District 16?
That’s because a lot of people moving into the neighborhood either don’t have children or send them to schools outside the district. The seventh episode of the “School Colors” podcast looks at the forces of gentrification in the neighborhood and the effects on local public schools.
