Federal Data Shows Public Schools Nationwide Are a Hotbed of Racial Injustice
ACLU
“Too many schools are wrongly investing in security systems and hiring police officers rather than spending their scarce resources on counselors, mental health support, and other services that could enrich students’ lives while preparing them for the future. ”
I’m Nonbinary. Here’s What That Means.
The Lily
“Figuring out my nonbinary gender identity was hard. Trying to explain it to other people is even harder.”
The False Comfort of Securing Schools
The New York Times
“Research suggests that target hardening has little to no effect on a school’s safety. Such prevention efforts tend to be based on our visceral emotional reactions to the threat of violence. Worse, they’re often chosen over the approaches that have shown to be effective at reducing school violence.”
New York’s Schools Chancellor Is Talking About Integration. Can He Make It Happen?
The New York Times
“In New York, racial separation in the city’s schools has persisted, driven not just by residential housing patterns, but by policies designed to keep white and middle-class families from fleeing public schools.”
As Months Pass in Chicago Shelters, Immigrant Children Contemplate Escape, Even Suicide
ProPublica Illinois
“In what they say and write, and in what is said and written about them, one truth becomes abundantly clear: The longer children are detained, the more they struggle.”
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