Nell Gluckman – Page 2 – School Stories

Armed School Guards Will Not Make Schools Safer

March 11, 2013April 30, 2013 - by Nell Gluckman

OP-ED: Protecting students from well-armed gunmen who are determined to kill is not as simple as having armed security guards in schools. In fact, armed security guards may do more to harm than good to morale inside the school.

At Three Schools, Brief Hearings Air Common Themes

February 27, 2013February 27, 2013 - by Nell Gluckman

Community members from three small schools on the city’s chopping block–Brooklyn’s P.S. 73, East New York’s JHS 13, and Manhattan’s Freedom High– aired their frustrations, their unheralded successes on Feb. 25.

A Study of the Desegregation of Boston’s Public Schools

February 25, 2013May 7, 2013 - by Nell Gluckman

Anthony Lukas’s epic book Common Ground chronicles the history of Boston from 1968 to 1976, a time when efforts to desegregate the city’s public schools through forced busing brought to the surface deep seated racial tension.