“Yasab, the student of color, is NOT intended to be muted. If you cannot hear his audio, it is due to an issue with channels on certain systems. He has very important input and I am working on fixing it as fast as I can.”
A couple of articles on the removal:
http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/arch…
http://news.yahoo.com/popular-seattle…
http://blogs.seattletimes.com/opinion…
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This reminds me of when an Arizona school district canceled Mexican-American studies.
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As we talked, I admitted that JJ had been suspended three times. All of the mothers were shocked at the news.
“JJ?” one mother asked.
“My son threw something at a kid on purpose and the kid had to be rushed to the hospital,” another parent said. “All I got was a phone call.”
One after another, white mothers confessed the trouble their children had gotten into. Some of the behavior was similar to JJ’s; some was much worse.
Most startling: None of their children had been suspended.
After that party, I read a study reflecting everything I was living.
Black children represent 18 percent of preschool enrollment but make up 48 percent of preschool children receiving more than one out-of-school suspension, according to the study released by the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights in March.
Click through to read more.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com
implicit bias
racial discrimination
A student says that her substitute teacher duct taped her mouth shut. News 12 New Jersey reports.
See on www.cnn.com
SPLC
“The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today notified 96 Alabama school systems that their enrollment practices violate federal prohibitions against denying or discouraging the enrollment of children based on their immigration status or that of their parents.
In many cases, school enrollment forms require a Social Security number or a U.S. birth certificate, without explaining that such disclosure, under federal law, is voluntary and not necessary for enrollment.
The SPLC also urged Alabama School Superintendent Thomas R. Bice to ensure that all schools within the state’s 135 districts comply with federal mandates by the beginning of the 2014-15 school year.
“It is well-established law that all children, regardless of their immigration status, have a right to attend our public schools,” said SPLC attorney Jay Singh. “Too many schools in Alabama, however, are not living up to their legal responsibility.”
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See on www.splcenter.org
See on Scoop.it – Community Village Daily
No. 1: Milwaukee
In 1954, Brown vs. Board of Education said that school segregation is illegal and unjust, yet we still have school segregation in 2014.
I didn’t see purple on the maps. Maybe due to the fact that Amerindians make up less than 1% of the U.S. population and they are not so much in ‘urban’ areas, but instead segregated on reservations.
It will also be interesting in future analysis to see the constant public confusion between the terms American Indian (heritage from the Americas), verses Indian American (heritage from India).
See on www.salon.com
See on Scoop.it – Community Village Daily
“In Brown, Chief Justice Warren wrote: “To separate [children] from others of similar age and qualifications solely because of their race generates a feeling of inferiority as to their status in the community that may affect their hearts and minds in a way unlikely ever to be undone.” Yes, and separating children by race or class or test scores into pseudo-private charter schools is affecting not only those students but our communities and our nation in the very ways we once tried to undo.”
See on www.thedailybeast.com
Authorities in a school district in Colorado said it vows to improve after it was accused of anti-Hispanic bias.
Between June 2008 and June 2012, “Hispanic students, teachers, and administrators experienced national origin harassment…”
Local authorities named Patricio “Pat” Sanchez to be the new superintendent.
Sanchez implemented numerous changes, including canceling the prohibition on the use of Spanish.
See on latino.foxnews.com
When you press play it should jump to around the 1:01:00 mark where Tyson answers a question for about 4 or 5 minutes.
Thank you to @TheCharlesiWas for sharing this.
See on www.upworthy.com
April 9, 2014
“According to Dan Stevens with Westmoreland Emergency Management, at least 20 people were stabbed or otherwise injured in the incident, four of them seriously.”
See on www.thewire.com
New York state has the most segregated public schools in the nation, with many black and Latino students attending schools with virtually no white classmates, according to a report released Wednesday.
See on www.usaonrace.com
