In Minneapolis, Minnesota, black students are suspended far more frequently than white students. President Trump is trying to overturn policies that President Obama put into place to address these racial disparities in suspensions.
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Erica Green
3/18/2018
Students like Enihs Medrano are often some of the only students of color in their advanced classes. In Colorado, a program called Public Achievement is working to challenge this by pairing University of Colorado undergraduate students with K-12 students to study activism.
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Jenny Brundin
4/25/2019
Racism exists in schools and must be addressed. Potential solutions include professional development for teachers and administrators about racism and culturally relevant teaching, and better awareness about how racial bias impacts school discipline.
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Nneka Bennett
7/12/1905
In suburban schools, black students face racism in both school discipline and in access to advanced coursework. Students are forced to fight for the challenging educations they deserve as President Trump’s administration decreases protections for students of color in school.
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Justin Murphy and Georgie Silvarole
2/4/2019
Racism has long-term, negative effects on children’s health, from depression to heart disease. The stress of racism can make kids more vulnerable to physical and mental illnesses and must be addressed.
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8/13/2019
There are many problems with tracking, or splitting kids up into different classes based on their perceived academic abilities. One school decided to get rid of “foundations” or remedial classes and allow any student to sign up for advanced classes.
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Michelle Higgins
Summer 2019
In a Yale study, researchers found that teachers are more likely to notice misbehavior from black students. White teachers had more lenient standards for behavior in black students than black teachers, lowering their expectations for achievement.
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9/28/2016
Tracking in public schools was designed at a time when only a small percentage of students needed to attend college for their future careers. Today, this practice still exists, and it further slows learning for kids forced into remedial or low-level classes.
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Davis Guggenheim
10/29/2010
Seven charts demonstrate black students, especially girls, are more likely to receive harsh discipline in school than their white peers. This racism in discipline practices is not explained by differences in students’ behavior. *TRIGGER WARNING
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Libby Nelson
10/31/2015
