Tag: Education Equity
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Why we should talk to children about race
Amanda Williams, University of Bristol It’s a situation that many parents dread. Encountering a black man in the street for the first time, a white child ... -
Ask An Expert: Disrupting the School-to-Prison Cycle
Question: Dr. Lynch, I am a youth counselor in Philadelphia, PA. Everyday I witness the public school system fail our children. The end result is that ... -
7 Education Initiatives Led by Michelle Obama
Much attention is paid to the education-related initiatives led by President Barack Obama. However, First Lady Michelle Obama has also focused on many aspects of education ... -
Technology and Mentorship: Addressing the Problem of Urban Students
Students in urban schools tend to have stereotypes attached to them. Rather than see these students as individual learners, many urban kids and their schools are ... -
Single-Sex Classrooms Making a Comeback for All the Wrong Reasons
There is a debate about equity in education that extends beyond zip codes, race and socioeconomic status and cuts right to the heart of something predetermined: ... -
Education Equity: Challenges and Suggestions
Equity in education has long been an ideal. It’s an ideal celebrated in a variety of contexts, too. Even the Founding Fathers celebrated education as an ... -
4 Reasons Why Classrooms Need Diversity Education
School climate and school culture directly impact student success. As a result, it is particularly important for the school culture (and the classroom culture) to reflect, ... -
Adopting a New Paradigm in K-12 Education
Substantial educational change will never occur until we as a country decide that enough is enough and make a commitment to change, no matter what it ...