Daisy Bates wrote to NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins about the progress of the Little Rock Nine in their school. She shares some of the horrible ways that they have been treated. What are some of the differences between Daisy's experience and the experience of students today? What are some similarities?
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Daisy Bates
December 17, 1957
Charles Houston composed this memo to propose using an available $10,000 to fight discrimination in higher education. What progress on this issue has been made since 1934? What problems of discrimination still exist in higher education?
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Charles H. Houston
This podcast features authors Sara K. Ahmed, author of Being the Change, Dr. Sonja Cherry-Paul, who most recently co-wrote Breathing New Life into Book Clubs and The Educator’s Guide to Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, and Cornelius Minor, author of We Got This.
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June 5, 2020
Student reporters from @PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs at Oakridge High School in Conroe, Texas worked with Above the Noise to make a video exploring racism in schools. Whether you want to admit it or not, racism is a problem in schools across the country. This episode asks, "How can we make schools less racist?” They talked to some high school students at Lowell High School in San Francisco, California who are on the ground working to disrupt racism in their schools.
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May 12, 2021
This article discusses the benefits of teaching anti-racism and serves as a strong counterclaim to those who oppose critical race theory in schools.
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Mica Pollock
May 20, 2021
This article summarizes how a Texas bill aims to ban critical race theory in public and open-enrollment charter schools. Supporters say it merely ensures students aren't taught that one race or gender is superior to another. Critics say it limits how race in America is taught.
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Kate McGee
May 22, 2021
This article explores the racial disparities that the COVID-19 pandemic and reopening models across America have on minority vs white students.
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Lauren Camera
March 24, 2021
This article gives an overview of how educators can work to dismantle racism in schools.
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Elizabeth Rich
September 23, 2020
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
July 6, 2018
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
