"Provocative and personally searching" - San Francisco Chronicle One mother\'s story of enrolling her daughter in a local public school, and the surprising, necessary Lessons she learned with her neighbors.
Learning in Public is her fourth book..
Her happy place is asking people questions.
She is also the co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, FRESH Speakers Bureau, and the Bay Area chapter of Integrated Schools.
She has a popular Substack newsletter, called Examined Family, and speaks widely at conferences and colleges through out the country.
Martin is a writer living with her family in a co-housing community in Oakland.
About author(s): Courtney E.
Learning in Public might also set your family\'s life on a different course forever.
A vivid portrait of integration\'s virtues and complexities, and yes, the palpable joy of trying to live differently in a country re-making itself.
Martin examines her own fears, assumptions, and conversations with other moms and dads as they navigate School choice.
Courtney E.
Courtney discovers that her public school, the foundation of our fragile democracy, is a powerful place to dig deeper.
Many of us are newly awakened to the continuing racial injustice all around us, but unsure of how to go beyond hashtags and yard signs to be a part of transforming the country.
Learning in Public is the story, not just Courtney\'s journey, but a whole country\'s.
As she began asking why, a journey of a thousand moral miles began.
She learned that White families in their gentrifying neighborhood largely avoided the majority-Black, poorly-rated school.
Martin strapped her daughter, Maya, to her chest for long walks, she was curious about Emerson Elementary, a public School down the street from her Oakland home.
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