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14/09/2024

This is a very personal essay I wrote for the British magazine UnHerd about virtue, sin, and how we talk to our kids about morality.

Would love to hear reactions, even if you think I'm crazy. Especially if you think I'm crazy!

Link in the comments.

29/03/2024

On this Good Friday, I wrote about the French thinker Rene Girard and the crucifixion for the wonderful British magazine UnHerd.

(This is an honor for me, as they publish so many great writers that I admire, including Tom Holland of The Rest is History, Mary Harrington, and Douglas Murray.)

Link in comments.

08/11/2022

The new book from Redtail Press publishes on January 24 in honor of Lewis Carroll's birthday. We hope you enjoy this nonsense.

08/11/2022

DAD FAIL. Excited about the arrival of my new book, I drop the baby. (He's fine.)

28/06/2020

Tim DeRoche, Author had a fascinating discussion about 𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 with Conor P. Williams of The Century Foundation for The 74.

See previous 74 Interviews: Author Jal Mehta on the value of teaching, journalist Paul Tough on class, race and the pursuit of college, Professor Rucker Johnson on how school integration helped black students and the full archive of 74 interviews. To butcher the famous quote from 19th century abolit...

25/06/2020

"Recently, the New York School Talk blog published a guest post by Tim DeRoche, Author of A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, which asked the question: 'Do NYC school zones violate federal law?'" (Spoiler: He thinks they do.) — Alina Adams in The 74.

A version of this essay originally appeared on the New York School Talk blog. Recently, the New York School Talk blog published a guest post by Tim DeRoche, author of A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, which asked the question: “Do NYC school zones violate...

10/06/2020

Listen to this great 20-minute conversation with Tim DeRoche, Author about his new book, A Fine Line. Prof Marty West is a leading scholar in education policy at Harvard and the editor-in-chief of Education Next.

"Some of these zones are very, very weird, misshapen things."

09/06/2020

Tim DeRoche, Author's new book from Redtail Press, A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, is the #1 New Release in Education Funding on Amazon.com! A FINE LINE is available in print, Kindle, and as an audiobook on Audible.

A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools

29/05/2020

In case you missed it, Vroman's Bookstore's virtual conversation with Tim DeRoche, Author, Gloria Romero, and Jill Stewart to launch the release of A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools is available to watch on demand on Crowdcast!

Register now for Vroman's Live's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Sunday May 17, 2020 at 3:00 pm PDT.

27/05/2020

An insightful new guest post for New York School Talk by Tim DeRoche, Author of 𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, published by Redtail Press on May 17, 2020, the 66th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.

(This is a guest post by Tim DeRoche, author of A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, published on the 66th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling.)  The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted issues of educational access in our public schools, since...

25/05/2020

"In his new book, Tim DeRoche, Author critically reviews a concept often taken for granted: that students should be assigned to public schools based on their home addresses. It’s an important idea to unpack." -- Ray Domanico writing for City Journal about 𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬.

A new book explores why so many children are denied better educational opportunities.

23/05/2020

A FINE LINE is featured in this new article by Jaime Dunaway in the Lakewood - East Dallas Advocate: "In 𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬, Tim DeRoche, Author claims that even after the landmark ruling, school districts draw attendance zones around the best public schools, echoing the redlining practices of the early 20th century."

Lakewood Elementary. (Photo by Rasy Ran) Lakewood Elementary and Mount Auburn are highlighted in a new book that examines how American schools remain separate and unequal 60 years after Brown v. Board of Education. In "A Fine Line: How Most

19/05/2020

"Several years ago I met Tim DeRoche, Author of 𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬. The idea for the book sparked when we first met in 2013 over coffee in East Los Angeles. I shared with Tim the impact of ZIP code, whereby residency condemns many to poverty and minority youth in particular to being trapped in academically failing schools." — Gloria Romero, who previously served as Democratic majority leader in the California Senate, and contributed the afterword for A Fine Line.

It’s time to expose the lines restricting access to a quality education.

18/05/2020

Tim DeRoche, Author had a fascinating discussion about his new book 𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 with Mark Gordon on Center Stage is now available to listen to on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud and Stitcher! To read the transcript visit stageandscreen.com/tim-deroche.

‎Show Center Stage with Mark Gordon, Ep Tim DeRoche talks about A Fine Line: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools - May 16, 2020

17/05/2020

"The richest communities have the most desirable schools, thus the most valuable real estate. Tim DeRoche's new book 𝐀 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐊𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 makes that clear." — Jay Matthews, Education writer and columnist for the Washington Post, in his article on Tim DeRoche, Author's new book now available from Vroman's Bookstore and wherever books are sold.

The rise of public school enrollment lotteries may help.

17/05/2020

Join Tim DeRoche, Author, Gloria Romero, and Vroman's Bookstore today on Crowdcast at 3:00 PM PDT | 5:00 PM CDT | 6:00 PM EDT for the Vroman's Live / Tim DeRoche & Gloria Romero, with Jill Stewart conversation to launch the May 17, 2020 release of A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools on the 66th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education!

Register now for Vroman's Live's event on Crowdcast, scheduled to go live on Sunday May 17, 2020 at 3:00 pm PDT.

16/05/2020

"The Covid-19 pandemic has drawn renewed attention to inequality in K-12 education in the United States." — Tim DeRoche, Author, who shared a video on how school zones violate a long-forgotten civil rights law from his Education Next article about his book A FINE LINE, coming May 17, 2020. To read the article visit: https://bit.ly/2yOzxB9.

14/05/2020

Tim DeRoche, Author wrote an insightful piece for Education Next featuring an informative video created by Daniel Gonzalez of Printgonzalez for the new Redtail Press release A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, coming May 17, 2020, the 66th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education.

The Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 may offer creative litigators a strategy to redraw school-assignment maps.

14/05/2020

Check out Tim DeRoche, Author 's conversation with the legendary Citizen Ed about educational access and opportunity, and, of course, the publication of Tim's new book A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, on May 17, 2020.

13/05/2020

RSVP for the Vroman's Live / Tim DeRoche & Goria Romero, with Jill Stewart discussion on Crowdcast about our new book A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools, to be published on May 17, 2020, the 66th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education U.S. Supreme Court decision. Tim DeRoche, Author and California State Senator Gloria Romero, who contributed an afterword for the book, will be joined by moderator Jill Stewart, former editor at the LA Weekly, for a lively conversation on May 17 from 3-4 PM PDT: RSVP to https://www.crowdcast.io/e/a-fine-line.

08/05/2020

Vroman's Bookstore will host the virtual launch party for A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools on Sunday, May 17th at 3:00 PM PDT | 5:00PM CDT | 6:00PM EDT! Join Tim DeRoche, Author, Gloria Romero, former Majority Leader of the California State Senate, and Jill Stewart, former Managing Editor of the LA Weekly, for a lively conversation about educational access, inequality, and opportunity in America. Watch this space for the link. Visit Vroman's to learn more and pre-order: https://bit.ly/3dvNi66.

06/05/2020

Enter to win a signed, first-edition hardcover copy of A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools in our Goodreads giveaway! Using gorgeous color maps, Tim DeRoche, Author shows how admissions policies for public schools echo the discriminatory "redlining" practices of our nation's past.

WHAT SIDE OF THE LINE DO YOU LIVE ON? Coming on May 17th, the 66th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education In 1954 the Supreme Court...

05/05/2020

"This book exposes a problem in our education system that is too often swept under the rug." - Reedsy Discovery. Click for the complete review of A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools by Tim DeRoche, Author, which will be published by Redtail Press on May 17, 2020, the 66th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.

Review: A well-documented expose on a critical but little-known problem in the American education system.

01/05/2020

Check out The Ballad of Huck & Miguel virtual book club discussion and reading with Tim DeRoche, Author and artist and illustrator Daniel Gonzalez of Printgonzalez to benefit Friends of the Los Angeles River! For more about the book visit redtailpress.com.

28/04/2020

"A worthy investigation into the root cause of public education failures in the United States." -- Kirkus Reviews. Check out the full review in Kirkus of A FINE LINE: How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools by Tim DeRoche, Author, which will be published by Redtail Press on May 17, 2020, the 66th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision.

A probing look at the inequalities that plague American schools.