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New Report Suggests Parents Favor Integrated Schools But Make School Choices Furthering Segregation.
In new research, Harvard’s Making Caring Common examines how and why advantaged parents choose where to send their children to school.
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New report! Do parents really want school integration?
Do parents really want school integration? The short answer is yes.
Our research suggests that the vast majority of parents across political affiliation, race, class, and geographic region strongly favor schools that are racially and economically integrated.
But unfortunately, this doesn’t translate into action. In districts where parents actually have a choice, schools tend to become more segregated, not less.
As parents, neighbors, and community members, we have a fundamental moral responsibility to desegregate our schools.
Read our new report and learn what you can do →
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Fueled by the principles of empathy and fairness, Making Caring Common helps schools and families put children’s ethical development at the center. Harvard Graduate School of Education provides an overview of MCC’s work since 2013.
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What is a "mindful college applicant"? Belinda H. Y. Chiu discusses her new book with Inside Higher Ed (and gives Making Caring Common a shout-out!).
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Peggy Orenstein cites Making Caring Common’s research on young people and sex in her must-read piece in The New York Times.
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The Bump shares our tips for raising kind and caring children. Read on for how to get started.
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How can you prevent bullying at your school in the new year? We asked Glenn Manning, Making Caring Common’s Senior Program Coordinator and a former Wellness Coordinator at a large public school, for his advice.
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“Our kids need to appreciate other people’s feelings they’ll be better friends, romantic partners and parents later.” Rick Weissbourd is quoted in Barbados Today on empathetic communication.
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Brennan Barnard highlights in Forbes the major changes in college admissions this past decade, including access to college, technology, and growth.
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Brennan Barnard highlights in Forbes the policymakers, organizational leaders, researchers, activists, admissions deans, and unsung heroes who are influencing college admissions.
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Rick Weissbourd joined Meghna Chakrabarti of On Point and author Katherine Reynolds Lewis for a lively conversation about manners, parenting, and the holidays.
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Rick Weissbourd and Making Caring Common co-founder and advisor Stephanie Jones join The Good Athlete Podcast to discuss stress and self-management in education.
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"What can parents and other adults do to cultivate children’s capacity to care? They can start by prioritizing caring in their day-to-day interactions with their children." Read what MCC's leaders Rick Weissbourd and Alison Cashin have to say about raising healthy teens in Thrive Global.
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Brennan Barnard and Rick Clark discuss discuss what what colleges are looking for in applicants and common myths during the college admissions process.
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“The best way to help students manage the stress [of applying to schools] is to reassure them that it doesn’t have to be stressful. It can be a meaningful and rewarding experience. If they’re connected to that question of why they’re going to college and what they’re looking for.”
Brennan Barnard spoke with Mongoose about caring college admissions.
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“…we should remember that the opportunity to attend any college is an enormous gift, one denied to many young Americans. And while higher education is not necessarily the right path for everyone, at the very least the opening to that path should not be obstructed.”
Brennan Barnard writes about the gift of college in Forbes.
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Making Caring Common’s work is highlighted in The Chronicle of Philanthropy (paywall).
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In the News
Our latest coverage spans parenting, college admissions, and raising caring kids. Read more:
The Atlantic: Stop Trying to Raise Successful Kids
Usable Knowledge: The (Caring) Common Application
Inside Higher Ed: A Question of Character
Top of Mind with Julie Rose: Supreme Court, Organized Child, College Admissions
The Harvard Gazette: Taking your kid’s sport too seriously
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