I’ve written here before about why I believe we need our schools to reflect the broader diversity of our society from the lens of fighting prejudice.
I also believe that nourishing diversity in our schools serves a civic purpose: building shared values and understanding. This is what can allow our democratic republic to flourish.
My attempt to voice is this has been published on The Hechinger Report; I would greatly appreciate it if you read it, and will be interested in your thoughts.
http://hechingerreport.org/opinion-diversity-schools-critical-democracy/