Daily News: Lower class size and school integration go hand in hand
Integration involves much more than student assignment or moving bodies around. Many integration advocates in NYC embrace the framework developed by a student group, IntegrateNYC. The 5Rs of integration call for race and enrollment, representation, resources, restorative justice and relationship.
The last R, relationship, requires teachers to teach culturally relevant pedagogy that honors and respects each student’s history, ancestry, culture and lived experiences.