30 Issues | Facing Whiteness in Our Schools

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 13, 2016

Several New York City private schools have attempted to address issues of race, class, and privilege as part of their students’ education. Phil Kassen, director of Little Red School House & Elisabeth Irwin High School (LREI), a private school in Manhattan, and Derrick Gay, diversity, inclusion and global citizenship education consultant, talk about how they go about it.

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