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Learning from Ferguson

Since the August 9th killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by a white police officer by the name of Darren  Wilson, protests in Ferguson, Missouri have become commonplace.  Thousands have participated in these protests, and many have voiced … Continue reading

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Diverse Classrooms and the “Diversity Gap”

This fall, for the first time in our nation’s history, most public-school students are not White.  Rather, data from the National Center for Education Statistics indicate Latinos, Blacks, American Indians, Asians and Pacific Islanders, and biracial students will account for … Continue reading

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