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Charter Schools: Resegregating America?
Are charter schools helping to resegregate public schools? A just-released study states flatly that they are.
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Are Your Students Targets of Racial Profiling?
It’s summertime, and students have replaced class time with free time. In the wake of the Trayvon Martin shooting, parents and teachers are painfully aware of the widespread racial profiling targeting men of color—particularly younger men who are more apt to be out and about during these summer months.
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Teaching as Activism, Teaching as Care
I have begun to feel helpless during this time. But I never felt helpless as a teacher.
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Majority Rule
In this essay, the author considers what it means to live in a democracy of "majority rule" and where minorities find their place and voice (or lack thereof in such a system).
April 27, 2016
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Exclusion Is Unconstitutional
Acts of censorship in education perpetuated by a small group with concentrated power go against the principles outlined in the United States Constitution.
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Mass Incarceration as a Form of Racialized Social Control
What is the “new Jim Crow”? Throughout its history, the United States has been structured by a racial caste system. From slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration, these forms of racialized social control reinvented themselves to meet the needs of the dominant social class according to the constraints of each era.
October 13, 2014
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Durham Schools Agree to End Discriminatory Policies
We were encouraged to see that the school system in Durham, N.C., last week agreed to end discriminatory practices that prevent Latino students from receiving an adequate public education.
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Professional Development
Help students recognize the value of a diverse democracy in their classrooms, schools and communities. These PD resources include best practices and strategies for building community, tailoring instruction, and engaging
August 17, 2020
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The Students Have Spoken
Last week, we posed a question to students via their teachers: What advice would you give to the new president? Their thoughtful responses blew us away.