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Tag Archives: schools
The School to Prison Pipeline Comes to Pre-K
By Elliott Gluck Associate Editor, Volume 23 For years, the startling rates of suspensions and expulsions in America’s public schools have raised concerns for stakeholders across the educational landscape.[1] These disciplinary actions are frequently connected with higher drop-out rates, lower … Continue reading
Betsy DeVos, School Choice, and the Resegregation of American Public Schools
By Laura Page Associate Editor, Vol. 22 The Senate confirmation hearing of Betsy DeVos, the President’s nominee for Secretary of Education, was one of the most contentious and heated in recent history.[1] Critics contend that the billionaire Republican donor has no … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
Tagged Betsy DeVos, Brown v. Board of Education, charter schools, class segregation, constrained choice, diversity, education, equal opportunity, Eve Ewing, free-market school choice, freedom-of-choice, Government Accountability Office, inequality, private school vouchers, private schools, public schools, race segregation, school choice, schools, Secretary of Education, segregation, Senate confirmation hearing, UCLA Civil Rights Project
It’s been 50 years since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and the achievement gap between minorities and whites remains a salient issue
By: Daniela Tagtachian, Associate Editor Vol. 20 Students have the right to not be discriminated against based on race, color or national origin. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Scholarship
Tagged achievement gap, civil rights act, education, racial injustice, schools
