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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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Young Diversity Champions
Too often, schools, places of worship, and parents abdicate the responsibility of teaching children to respect and value diversity in spite of research that shows the development of prejudices, stereotypes, and race-specific attitudes often predates kindergarten. And it can be … Continue reading
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Tagged ages, disabilities, diversity, diversity champions, diversity training, faiths, Gaithersburg Middle School, Latinos, leadership, MGM Mirage, mix-it-up day, nationalities, Orthodox Jews, prejudice, respect diversity, stereotype, teachers, value diversity, viewpoints, youth
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Power, Paterno, and PSU: A Question of Values and Perspectives – Part Three
Virtually all of the discussions in recent weeks about alleged child abuse and rape, and the abuse of power at Penn State University (PSU) and then Syracuse University, have focused on individuals, groups, and institutions. Talk has been directed at … Continue reading
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Tagged age, Boeheim, Boy Scouts, Catholic, child abuse, children, culture of power, disabilities, ethnicity, Foundation to Abolish Sex Abuse, gender, Girl Scouts, Little League, pastors, Paterno, Penn State University, power, priests, PSU, race, social problem, Syracuse University, teachers, trust
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Teachers, Race, and Homework
Before teachers attempt to carry on conversations about race, they need to work on themselves. What that entails varies from teacher to teacher. Recently, a prominent educational innovator has recommended that the lingering and persistent achievement gap among Black, White, … Continue reading
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Tagged achievement gap, black, conversations about race, cultural silos, culture, dimensions of diversity, Disney, educators, ethnic group, experiential learning, Hispanic, history, identity, imagineers, language, multiracial world, personal growth, race, racial group, racial issues, racial silos, students, teachers, white
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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