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Posted inElementary to High School

TEACHER VOICE: It’s time to shatter the silence about race

Sonja Cherry-Paul by Sonja Cherry-Paul January 22, 2018December 7, 2021
Posted inElementary to High School

Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

by Avis Thomas-Lester January 15, 2018March 30, 2020
Domonique Crosby raises her hand in calculus class at George Washington Carver High School.
Posted inNews

Held back, but not helped

Avatar photo by Katy Reckdahl January 8, 2018October 21, 2020
In the 2015-16 school year, none of the social studies textbooks listed for use in the state’s fourth grade classroom was published before 2005.
Posted inElementary to High School

History of civil rights movement gets short shrift in Mississippi classrooms

by APM Reports December 18, 2017October 21, 2020
Along with demonstrators, supporters of President Donald J. Trump showed up for the opening day of the new civil rights museum; one supporter looks at a list of those who were lynched. 
Posted inColumnists

Never mind Trump’s visit — Mississippi’s new Civil Rights Museum is a real game changer for education

Avatar photo by Liz Willen December 11, 2017October 21, 2020
Posted inElementary to High School

Segregation in Steel Valley: How these Pittsburgh-area elementary students are separated by race and academic performance

by Mary Niederberger November 24, 2017March 30, 2020
Sinking to knees, Mrs Mamie Bradley weeps as body of slain son, Emmett Louis Till, 14 arrives at Chicago Rail Station.
Posted inElementary to High School

Mississippi’s darkest days on display in new museums

Avatar photo by Sierra Mannie November 19, 2017October 21, 2020
Posted inAndre Perry

It’s time our educational institutions instilled some civic-minded values in students

Avatar photo by Andre Perry November 14, 2017October 29, 2024
Vivian W. Pinn, M.D., Senior Scientist Emerita NIH, speaks at the dedication ceremony of a building renamed Pinn Hall in her honor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville, VA. 
Posted inColumnists

Removing racist monuments is about making history, not erasing it

Avatar photo by Andre Perry November 7, 2017March 30, 2020
San Quentin inmate Anthony Anderson holds the essay he wrote, addressing future students in the program's English classes. "Take pride in getting an education," he wrote. "You will have something to offer to society. Who knows you may be the next big thing in literature."
Posted inHigher Education, News, Race and Equity

What does college look like in prison?

by APM Reports November 6, 2017April 8, 2021

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