Back when I taught at a predominantly white, selective liberal arts college, I came across a book called "Acting White? Rethinking Race in 'Post-Racial' America."
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Sep 5, 2018
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Universities prepare students to enter the professional workforce, but they also develop the next generation of leaders to head up organizations and drive social change. But, as the United States and its college campuses ...
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Aug 1, 2018
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Heat waves are taking their toll on schoolchildren, particularly those from low-income families and minority groups. That is one takeaway from a new research study examining the impact of cumulative heat exposure on cognitive ...
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May 30, 2018
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In a Journal of School Health study, race, sex, perceived peer inclusion, and teacher discrimination were predictors of students' delinquent behaviors.
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Jan 16, 2018
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Google is teaming up with Chance the Rapper to bring computer science education to Chicago's public schools.
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Dec 7, 2017
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A study of one Texas school district reveals one of the best evidence-based ways ever found to close the educational achievement gap between black and white students.
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Nov 1, 2017
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Early adolescents' grades were higher when they socialized with peers from other ethnicities, according to the findings of a University of California, Davis, study that looked at the lunching habits of more than 800 sixth-graders ...
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Sep 11, 2017
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While overt and blatant expressions of prejudice seem to have declined on American university campuses over the last few decades, racism is still evident in the small things that white students say and do. This is especially ...
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Aug 31, 2017
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English and math teachers underestimate the academic abilities of students of color, which in turn has an impact on students' grades and academic expectations, finds a new study by NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, ...
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May 18, 2017
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In an analysis of Texas students, more than 60 percent of the racial gap in college completion rates can be attributed to factors that occur before college - factors that are beyond the control of many colleges and universities, ...
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Apr 6, 2017
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