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Disabled Students and the Suspension Gap
Last week, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights issued a report on school discipline, and the role of race and disability in student suspensions. The report found that students with disabilities are about twice as likely to be suspended when … Continue reading
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Tagged Commission on Civil Rights Report, disabled, discrimination, intellectual disabilities, parental involvement in schools, race, school misbehavior, school rules, schools, structural discrimination, student discipline, student suspensions, students with disabilitiies, teacher aides, teacher training, teachers, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
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The Classroom Makes Much More Sense Than Starbucks: PART TWO
RACE TOGETHER is an initiative sponsored by Starbucks and USA Today. Simply put, it seeks to stimulate talk about race in America. According to Howard Schultz, Starbucks CEO, it is an “opportunity to begin to re-examine how we can create … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Asians, bean bag, biases, classroom, cultural differences, diversity, ethnicity, Howard Schultz, hygiene, inclusive society, Native Americans, race, Race Together, racial conversations, racial myths, sex, social inequality, sociology, Starbucks, taboo, teacher training, USA Today, White Americans
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Achievement Gap
The achievement gap between White and Black/Latino/Native American public high school students is not getting any better. Any progress we have made in recent years has come to a halt. Seemingly, we have focused on all those factors that might … Continue reading