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A lthough guided by powerful ideals of equal opportunity, American schools are deeply unequal. As historians of education have taught us, children of different racial, ethnic, and class backgrounds have traditionally attended different schools. As well, most reform efforts have had limited impact in eroding this pattern. Today, most American children continue to attend the ''catchment'' school where they live (Lareau & Goyette, 2014), and U.S. neighborhoods remain very inequitable (Bader & Warkentien, 2016; Sharkey, 2013). However, as Anna Rhodes and Siri Warkentien remind us in this issue of AERJ, the world is changing. While older, inner-ring suburbs are becoming racially integrated, the pattern of ''chocolate cities and vanilla suburbs'' is shifting. Recent research predicts that over a number of years approximately one-third of these integrated suburban neighborhoods will be transformed into racially segregated neighborhoods (often dominated by Latino/a residents), while others will maintain a level of integration (Bader & Warkentien, 2016). Conversely, some middle-class families are also moving ANNETTE LAREAU is the Stanley I.