"Learning in Public" with Courtney Martin
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When\\xa0journalist Courtney Martin\\xa0learned that white families in her gentrifying neighborhood in Oakland largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated public school down the street, she began asking why. In\\xa0Learning in Public: Lessons For a Racially Divided America From My Daughter\\u2019s School,\\xa0Martin examines her own fears, assumptions, and conversations with other parents as they navigate school choice. \\xa0The book is part memoir, part investigation into the persistence of school segregation in the United States.\\xa0It\\u2019s a\\xa0vivid portrait of integration\\u2019s virtues and complexities.
\\n\\nCourtney E. Martin\\xa0is the author of five books, including\\xa0Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists\\xa0and\\xa0The New Better Off: Reinventing the American Dream,\\xa0as well as the popular newsletter Examined Family. She is the co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, FRESH Speakers, and the Bay Area chapter of Integrated Schools, as well as the Storyteller-in-Residence at The Holding Co. \\xa0On August 11, 2021, Courtney Martin spoke with Anna Sale, host of the podcast \\u201cDeath, Sex, and Money\\u201d.\\xa0
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