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All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"
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1.1KNewsRacial Disparities Persist Even as School Suspensions Decrease, Federal Data Shows
Out-of-school suspensions dropped 20 percent nationally in recent years, but students of color and students with disabilities are still more likely to...
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K-12 Education: Better Use of Information Could Help Agencies Identify Disparities and Address Racial Discrimination
This new report commission by the U.S. Government Accountability Office discusses data concerning the economic and racial make-up of K-12 students in...
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2.9KNewsMaya-American Youth: A New Population at Risk in the U.S.
Hundreds of thousands or perhaps several million children with Native American Maya heritage have been born in the United States during the...
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1.4KNewsYoung Anti-Racists Celebrate the Unity They See Amid the Hate
It wasn't all hate at Stone Mountain Park in Georgia last weekend. Yes, there were violent clashes between law enforcement and a...
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1.5KOpinionABA Task Force Wants to Help Disrupt School-to-Prison Pipeline
The school-to-prison pipeline is one of our nation’s most pressing challenges, that all of us must help reverse. Not only do these...
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1.7KNewsRestorative Justice Can Help Stop the School-to-Prison Pipeline, NY Panel Says
Raising the age to be charged as an adult and restorative justice are crucial in slowing the school-to-prison pipeline, New York panelists...
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1.4KNews‘Teenager’s Handbook’ Advises: Reach Across the Divide, Get Informed about Islam
When adults seek to educate kids about Islam — whether in school or in after-school programs — it doesn’t help to single...
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1.7KNewsAdvocates Offer Solutions for Kids at Crossroads of School, Justice System
Kiera Wilmot's story is an example of how schools’ zero tolerance policies can begin to push students — especially students of color...
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Measuring Up: Educational Improvement and Opportunity in 50 Cities
This new report from the University of Washington’s Center on Reinventing Public Education examines the state of education quality and access in...
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The Sexual Abuse to Prison Pipeline: The Girls’ Story
This report authored by Human Rights Project for Girls, Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality and the Ms. Foundation for Women...
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The Solitary Confinement of Youth in New York: A Civil Rights Violation
A report prepared by the New York Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights which examines the legality and effects...
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From Intention to Action: Building Diverse, Inclusive Teams in Education to Deepen Impact
The Koya Leadership Partners and Education Pioneers find that nonprofit education foundations, while espousing the benefits of diversity in education, often lack...
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Unlocking Opportunity for African American Girls: A Call to Action for Educational Equity
The National Women's Law Center and the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund shine a light on the factors and barriers which...
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The Policing of Black Communities and Young People of Color
Black Youth Project compiles data from several national polls demonstrating the overwhelmingly negative views black communities have about the police and legal...
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Missing the Point: The Real Impact of Native Mascots and Team Names on American Indian and Alaska Native Youth
A research report by the Center for American Progress which analyzes and makes policy recommendations about the mental impact racially-derogatory Native American...
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Moving Beyond Marriage: What Young People of Color Think about the LGBT Agenda
A report by the Black Youth Project which studies the attitudes of young people (particularly those of color) towards the LGBT rights...
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Closing the Race Gap: Alleviating Young African American Unemployment Through Education
A policy brief by Young Invincibles which analyzes the factors behind marked racial disparities in the job market and illustrates how expanding...
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Brown at 60: Great Progress, a Long Retreat and an Uncertain Future
A research report analyzing the state of school segregation 60 years after "Brown v Board of Education."
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1.7KNewsFreedom School Spirit Infuses Summer Literacy Program
Fifty summers ago, college students flocked to Mississippi to teach in Freedom Schools and take part in the Summer of Freedom.
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1.1KOpinionRacism and the Nation’s New Reality
From time to time I listen to talk radio. I’m not sure why really, except that I enjoy hearing viewpoints that differ...
