Civil rights

Ebony McGee, a Vanderbilt University associate professor who studies diversity in education, in her office at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College. McGee says black faculty at predominantly white institutions are either ignored or closely scrutinized. “They don’t want to stay in that toxic environment, so they leave.”

After colleges promised to increase it, hiring of black faculty declined

Data show the proportion of nonwhite faculty is far smaller than of nonwhite students

Divided We Learn

by  Matt Krupnick  – October 2, 2018

OPINION: Educators must prepare for the dismantling of affirmative action

Five things to think about while helping all students move forward, not backward

Higher Education

by  Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy  – September 25, 2018

Damian Lopez, 4, gives Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boabserg a high-five as he arrives for the first day of school at Escalante-Biggs Academy on August 20, 2018 in Denver, Colorado.

COLUMN: Take a closer look at those back-to-school photos: Is something missing?

School photos provide a snapshot of segregated schools from across the country

Divided We Learn

by  Liz Willen  – September 7, 2018

Mississippi

The largely poor and rural state of Mississippi suffers from the highest rate of childhood poverty in the country, along with some of the lowest scores on standardized tests. A legacy of racism and segregation are among the roadblocks that keep the children of Mississippi from reaching their full potential.

Students sue New York City, saying black and Latino athletes have fewer sports opportunities

Many small schools have no sports teams at all

High School Reform

by  Karina Hernandez  – August 28, 2018

U.S. President Donald Trump listens to then-Director of Communications for the White House Public Liaison Office Omarosa Manigault during an event in the Oval Office of the White House October 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.

COLUMN: Good teachers use the N-word

But it's how they use it that makes all the difference

Race and Equity

by  Andre Perry  – August 21, 2018

Demonstrators carry confederate and Nazi flags during the Unite the Right free speech rally at Emancipation Park in Charlottesville, Virginia, USA on August 12, 2017.

OPINION: What white students still need to understand about white supremacy, a year after Charlottesville

Racially charged conversations worth having

Higher Education

by  Jennifer Rich  – August 13, 2018

A protest against gun violence on the 19th anniversary of the Columbine massacre, in which 12 students and a teacher were gunned down in a Colorado school.

OPINION: Teachers with guns — it might be even worse than you think

The difference between education and enforcement

K-12

by  Jessica Charles  – August 6, 2018

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COLUMN: A conservative Supreme Court could threaten the education of immigrant students

When they come for our rights, who will you stand with — and who will stand with you?

Race and Equity

by  Andre Perry  – July 11, 2018

COLUMN: When students are better role models than school leaders

The suppression of human rights and free speech starts in school

Andre Perry

by  Andre Perry  – July 10, 2018

race and college admission

Facts about race and college admission

Political winds may shift, but racial factors in college success statistics don’t

Divided We Learn

by  Jon Marcus  – July 6, 2018

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