The data to support a dropout crisis among black students are being misreported and used to support stigmatizing tactics. By Ivory Toldson, Ph.D. | Originally Published at TheRoot. June 4 2014 3:00 AM | Photograph; Billboard in Prince George’s County, Md. (Ivory Toldson) In Bladensburg Road along [...]
A drop in suspension rates throughout L.A. Unified came after the Los Angeles Board of Education and superintendent called for fewer suspensions as concern grew nationwide that removing students from school imperils their academic achievement and disproportionately harms minorities. (Mel Melcon / Los Angeles Times) By Teresa [...]
Photograph; Atlantic Author Ta-Nehisi Coates and Joy Reid walk and talk about the competition that we see in society and in our schools. By Betsy L. Angert | Originally Published at EmpathyEducates. May 29, 2014 You may have read or heard about The Atlantic article, The Case [...]
Perhaps, if we are to truly understand what we see in our schools, we must learn from the streets. We know that societal norms enter the classroom. What is implicit can often be seen. Witness what occurs at crosswalks and ask yourself, is education policy borne out [...]
Getty Image By Margaret Kimberley | Originally Published at Black Agenda Report. May 28, 2014 When white teachers handcuff first graders, or white police throw Black tweens through glass windows, or shoot unarmed youths, it may be because of racially warped perceptions. “Black children are dehumanized to [...]
By Julianne Hing | ColorLines. Schools & Youth. Tuesday, May 27 2014, 7:20 AM EST Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, schools are still both separate and unequal. Community and civil rights groups say they’ve identified a key force that’s aggravated the inequity: school closures. [...]
The British Social Attitudes survey usually involves interviews with about 3,300 people, chosen at random. Photograph: Fiona Hanson/PA Is racial prejudice racism and how do we know if one, the other or either exists? Do we believe that racism persists? Perhaps we are comfortable with the notion [...]
America, do you know where your children are? Parents, how might you see your son? Is he a scholar, a saint, or is he scorned for his race? Perhaps each of these is true. What about your daughter? Is she the greatest? Is she considered equal to [...]
In this April. 1, 2011 photo, New York City fifth graders enter PS321, a public elementary school in the Brooklyn Borough of New York. New York state has the most segregated public schools in the nation, with many black and Latino students attending schools with virtually no [...]
