Race and Education
School Segregation Again?
In the wake of the May 17, 1954, Brown v. Board of Education decision, school districts made strides to end racial segregation in public schools.
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Sesame Street Combats Racism
Striking at racism before it gets a foothold in our children; the popular educational TV show Sesame Street added a new Hispanic character to its diverse cast.
Ismael Cruz, who watched Sesame Street as a child in Puerto Rico, joins the show as a character called Armando, or “Mando.”
"I grew up watching the show,” Cruz said, “and for me it was a place that really existed and to which as a child I aspired to go, a place so diverse that I could see myself in the faces of the people that were there. Being on the set now is that, but with cameras."
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Honoring What Teachers Deal With Daily
One teacher won’t be getting a “Happy Teacher’s Day” card this year: In April, a 61-year-old Texas educator denied claims she ever fondled a 7-year-old black student because, stating in her own defense, she “doesn’t like black students because she was prejudiced.”
For the rest of the nation’s educators, the entire week of May 6-12 is set aside each year – including National Teacher Day, May 7 - as “National Teacher Appreciation Week.”
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Conversation Of The Week LVI: Growing Racist Incidents on College and University Campuses
First Racial Incident:
A day after essentially dismissing student concerns of racial discrimination as unfounded, Purdue University officials are now investigating instances of hate crimes after the words “white supremacy” and a stick-figure drawing of a body hanging from a tree were found scribbled on a placard and left at the scene an equality march.
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Issue Of The Week LVI: With The Growing Need Of Protecting Planet Earth, How Can Equality In Environmental Education Be Achieved For Minority Students?
Equality In Environmental Education For Minority Students
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India Concerned About U.S. Immigration Bill Ramifications
India Concerned About U.S. Immigration Bill Ramifications
MUMBAI, India (AP) — Low cost efficiency put India's outsourcing companies at the heart of global business and created a multi-billion dollar industry that for years skated over criticism that it eliminated white collar jobs in rich nations. Now, the reality of the industry's long-held fears of a backlash is hitting hard in its crucial U.S. market.
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Native American Tribes Use Technology To Save Languages
Native American Tribes Use Technology To Save Languages
LAS VEGAS (AP) - In a conference room in a Las Vegas casino, about three dozen people are swishing their fingers across iPads, trying out test versions of new apps.
But these are no Silicon Valley techies in town for one of the city's massive electronics shows. Many are from far-flung American Indian reservations, and their high-tech devices are serving a decidedly old-school purpose: trying to save their languages from the brink of extinction.
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Equality In Environmental Education For Minority Students
Equality In Environmental Education For Minority Students
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Justice Clarence Thomas Speaks On Plight Of Minority Communities
Justice Clarence Thomas speaks on plight of minority communities
Clarence Thomas doesn’t have any answers as to why such widespread levels of hopelessness and poverty continue to dog minority communities. All he can tell you for certain, is everyone was born equal and the need for affirmative action, if it ever existed, has long since run its course.
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Remember Martin Luther King Jr.
One of the best ways to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. is to continue some aspect of the work for which he lived and died. But there is so much left to be done.
Forty-five years ago on April 4, 1968, an assassin’s bullet claimed the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. King was there in support of the garbage workers who were striking to get better wages.
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