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Special Ed & Gifted – Guess What? Yeah…
Why Some Kids Are Put In Special Education And Others In Gifted Programs: Racial stereotyping can affect kids at...
How schools KEEP kids in poverty
Heartbreaking. Teacher Kandice Sumner's entire talk is moving and well worth a watch. But this -- this killed me:...
It’s Time to Save the White Boys
no. seriously. read this - Who Will Save Our Rich At Risk White Boys? right now. "I don’t feel guilty — I feel used."...
John Oliver on Segregation (a must-watch!)
A great way to start the week with John Oliver -- though I do wish he had included socioeconomic segregation issues as...
Diversity has become uncoupled from Inequity
Check out this 14 minute interview with the author of the book We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation....
Poor people are better attuned to interpersonal relations…
You know what is pretty damn effective at closing the empathy gap (and, surprise, is also good for ALL kids!)? Yep....
The Essential Racism of Standardized Testing
Read this. Think a school is "good" because of it's high test scores? Read this. Think you have to send your kid to...
No surprise… Higher Ed is guilty, too.
Tiffany Martinez writes beautifully (in all her very own words) about discrimination in the ivory tower. And it...
In NYC? Check out a fabulous play on school segregation!
Laundry City is an attempt to ask questions about school segregation, not necessarily provide solutions... and it is...
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