By Paul L. Thomas | Originally Published at The Everyday Motion of Artifacts May 23, 2013 I was a white girl in a crowd of white girls in the park “Pink Rabbits,” The National “They’re such beautiful shirts,” she sobbed, her voice muffled in the thick folds. [...]
Report Unravels the Sordid History of Racial Segregation in Chicago Public Schools
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:39-05:00By CTU Research | May 17, 2013 } Download the report. CHICAGO—On what is the 59th anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) today released a report on the history of disruptive actions against communities of [...]
Stop and Frisk; The Statistics Speak
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:39-05:00Learn About Tableau Stop and Frisk; The Statistics Speak The Center for Constitutional Rights has long examined the data on Stop and Frisk. The statistics are startling and perhaps worth a review. The New York Civil Liberties Union also invites [...]
National Association for Multicultural Education
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:39-05:00Originally Published at National Association for Multicultural Education February 1, 2003 Numerous definitions of multicultural education have been proposed or espoused by scholars, researchers and organizations over the past 30 years. To assist researchers, teachers, educators, and parents in understanding and implementing multicultural education, the National Association [...]
Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:40-05:00Unemployment from a Child’s Perspective By Julia Isaacs | Originally Published at The Urban Institute. March 2013 INTRODUCTION When a parent loses a job, the entire family is affected, including the children. Money is suddenly tighter, and what was affordable last month, no longer is. Even children [...]
A Colorblind Constitution: What Abigail Fisher’s Affirmative Action Case Is Really About
Nikole Hannah-Jones2016-11-29T17:39:42-05:00Update, June 29, 2015: The Supreme Court on Monday announced that it would again hear Fisher v. Texas, an affirmative action case in which a white woman claims she was denied admission to the University of Texas because of her race. In 2013, the Court [...]
Journey for Justice: “Our Children are Not Collateral Damage!”
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:42-05:00On January 29th 2013, the Department of Education, Civil Rights Division held a Hearing on School Closures, Turnarounds, Phase-Outs and Co-Locations. The Journey for Justice Alliance worked diligently for near a year to bring this momentous occasion about. Days prior to the actual Hearing, those associated with [...]
The ‘Acting White Theory’ Doesn’t Add Up
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:42-05:00(The Root) -- Do black students purposefully underachieve because they attribute being smart to "acting white"? For more than a decade, academics, policymakers and cultural critics have publicly chided black children for having an anti-intellectual attitude, based on the "Acting White Theory." [...]
Malnutrition, Poverty, and Intellectual Development; Research into Childhood Nutrition
empathy2016-11-29T17:39:43-05:00Research into childhood nutrition reveals that poor diet influences mental development in more ways than expected. Other aspects of poverty exacerbate the effects. By Larry Brown and Ernesto Pollitt | Originally Published in Scientific America February 1996 The prevalence of malnutrition in children is staggering. Globally, nearly [...]