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All posts tagged "race ethnicity and gender"
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Be Her Resource: A Toolkit About School Resource Officers and Girls of Color
This new report from the Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality takes a look at how girls of color are consistently...
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Unrealized Impact: The Case for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
This report released by NewSchools Venture Fund highlights the stark lack of diversity in education leadership across the country and the detrimental...
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2.2KNewsS.O.U.L. Sisters Empowers Black Girls Most Impacted by Inequality
Last month, a group of girls at a juvenile detention center in the Bronx sat in a discussion circle with a teaching...
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Girlhood Interrupted: The Erasure of Black Girls’ Childhood
This groundbreaking new study recently released by the Georgetown University Law Center uses comprehensive survey data to show how the perception of...
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2.2KFrom the BureausA Civil Rights Movement Grows in Brooklyn
Two meetings last week, one in a ragged community center across the street from a waterfront Brooklyn housing project, the other in...
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1.5KNewsFormer Attorney General Holder Urges Action on Racial Issues Under Trump
Panelists at a discussion on race spoke mostly about collective response to a president they fear will roll back the rights of...
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Debtors’ Prison for Kids? The High Cost of Fines and Fees in the Juvenile Justice System
The Juvenile Law Center conducted research in all 50 states to analyze the financial burden imposed on youth and families involved in...
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High Hopes and Harsh Realities: The Real Challenges to Building a Diverse Teacher Workforce
The Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution recently wrote and released this report detailing the current and stark lack...
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1.5KOpinionTeaching Moment: Police Brutality and Raising a Black Son
What is happening right before our children’s eyes is the very R-rated stuff they’re not allowed to see at the movie theaters....
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3.5KOpinionImplicit Bias: More Than Just a Few Bad Apples
Youth of color experience the worst outcomes in every youth-serving system, including law enforcement, child welfare and education, the data show conclusively.
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The 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) First Look Report
The Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) report and data for the 2013-2014 school year has been released by the U.S. Dept. of...
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1.3KNewsRacial 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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3.8KNewsMaya-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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1.7KNewsYoung 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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1.6KOpinionABA 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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2.0KNewsRestorative 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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1.7KNews‘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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2.0KNewsAdvocates 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...
