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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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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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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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10 Years Later A Teachable Moment

9/11 presents teachers, parents, and communities with an important opportunity. How can we engage youth, many of whom know very little if anything about this event? For starters, explaining 9/11 to a younger generation can focus on a wide range … Continue reading

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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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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

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