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Is Betsy DeVos on the Verge of Removing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color?
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Is Betsy DeVos on the Verge of Removing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color?

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Let’s just call her Betsy DeVoid. Our secretary of education earns a name-change because of her predilection for voiding laws that protect our most disenfranchised students. First it was rescissions to the civil rights regulations that protect students with disabilities. Now it’s the 2014 Obama administration’s school discipline guidance, also based on civil rights law, that requires… Continue reading Is Betsy DeVos on the Verge of Removing Civil Rights Protections for Students of Color?

Our Passion for Equitable Education Should Match The Passion We Feel For a Starving Child, says SUNY Professor
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Our Passion for Equitable Education Should Match The Passion We Feel For a Starving Child, says SUNY Professor

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This week I interviewed Dr. Abena Ampofoa Asare, Assistant Professor of Modern African Affairs at Stony Brook University. Her research and writing spans questions of human rights, citizenship and transformative justice in Africa and the African diaspora.  Her work can be found in The Radical Teacher, The International Journal of Crime, Justice and Social Democracy,… Continue reading Our Passion for Equitable Education Should Match The Passion We Feel For a Starving Child, says SUNY Professor

DeVos Is Stripping Away Civil Rights Protections for Students With Special Needs
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DeVos Is Stripping Away Civil Rights Protections for Students With Special Needs

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I’m detecting a trend. Recently, The Atlantic ran a piece that catalogues the Trump administration’s disregard of civil rights protections for Americans (and aspiring Americans) during the tenure of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. “Across every issue, from criminal-justice reform to voting rights to LGBTQ rights,” said Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil… Continue reading DeVos Is Stripping Away Civil Rights Protections for Students With Special Needs

The Education Plantation: It’s Time I Move From The Field To The House
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The Education Plantation: It’s Time I Move From The Field To The House

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Recently I’ve been forcing myself to take a news fast but earlier this week, while out socializing with some members of my new education family at the Education Post Blogger Summit, I learned about the murder of a pregnant Black woman in Seattle at the hands of two White police officers in front of her children.… Continue reading The Education Plantation: It’s Time I Move From The Field To The House