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Study underlines the economic importance of early childhood education - Marketplace
Marketplace’s Chris Farrell says research based on the Perry Preschool Project shows broad, long-term benefits of early investment.
Unequal Opportunity: Race and Education
Texas schools are wary of losing funding gains lawmakers provided in 2019
A school finance bill in 2019 boosted funding for districts, but the pandemic has since added layers of financial uncertainty.
Why White School Districts Have So Much More Money
According to a new report, predominantly white school districts receive $23 billion more than districts that serve mostly students of color in the U.S.
College & University | BlackDemographics.com
College & University Prison or College? This has been a phrase used by many in the media and with organizations who are both for and against black interests. It has become one of those quotes which has ingrained itself in the memories of Americans so much so that it isContinue Reading
Underfunded districts educate over half of Pennsylvania students and the vast majority of Black and Hispanic students
Latest in a series of posts on Education from Karen Beck Pooley, “Your View: Pa. school funding far from fair.” Morning Call, July 22, 2020. On June 21, a Your View appeared in The Morn…
Elementary & High School Education | BlackDemographics.com
Elementary & High School Education According to the U.S. Department of Education there where 8,166,353 Black children attending public school and 430,972 in private schools in the United States during the 2009-2010 school year. Of those in public school 488,233 are enrolled in charter school meaning there are now more AfricanContinue Reading
Segregation, school funding inequalities still punishing Black, Latino students
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights published a report showing how residential segregation and local school funding still results in markedly fewer resources for Black, Latino students.
How gifted education is driving racial divides in America’s public schools
White children and those from wealthy families are more likely to be identified as "gifted" — despite decades of effort to make these programs more equal.
My Turn: Separate and unequal: The problem with Pennsylvania’s public school funding
In 1896, the Supreme Court established separate, but “equal”, public schools for black and white students.
Detroit students stage sickout in opposition to the district’s back-to-school plan
While the demands laid out by the students are limited to immediate measures, there is no doubt that they are motivated by much broader issues.
The K-12 funding inequity in predominately black and brown schools
Predominately black and brown schools are consistently underfunded and its time to explore why this K-12 funding inequity exists.
Stanford’s Black community invited to document ‘this moment in history’ | Stanford News
The deadline for submitting essays, prose, poetry, photographs, original artwork, video essay and short documentaries to the Special Issue is Aug. 1.
Perspective | Do #BlackLivesMatter in schools? Why the answer is ‘no.’
The authors of this post argue that schooling is "imbued with pathologizing mindsets rooted in labeling, surveillance, and punishment, which criminalize black students."
Study: Schools on AISD closure list underfunded, overcrowded, and serve poorer students
We're getting a closer look at the twelve schools closures proposed by Austin ISD and how it could affect families thanks to one parent in the district. Oriana Love, the parent of a Maplewood Elementary student, compiled the data on the schools the district is looking to close, and found the campuses on the list are often overcrowded, underfunded and in areas where families are economically disadvantaged: A large majority of the ten elementary schools on the chopping block are east of I-35.
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