This "Equity by Design" research brief discusses the impact of COVID-19 on school segregation and integration in public schools. COVID-19 raised a lot of discussions already occurring around school choice, which connects to a larger conversation on the purpose of education and it being one of the most important public goods in American society. Yet, efforts to prioritize school choice and further privatization only increased during COVID-19, despite it bringing to the surface a deep-seated crisis we are facing when it comes to providing equitable access and opportunity in education. Thus, this brief also discusses how the notion of education as a public good has waned over time, particularly in recent presidential administrations, which is contributing to many of the struggles experienced during COVID-19, particularly during its onset. The brief concludes by discussing the need for the new approaches to school integration in the current educational context and offer examples of how center equity can be bettered in such approaches.