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Liz Willen Dear reader,

Weeks of protests and calls for racial justice following the killing of George Floyd highlight the many ways in which black Americans are denied equal treatment, including by the U.S. education system. For 10 years now, The Hechinger Report has been covering the ways racism permeates education ([link removed]) , from early childhood through college and beyond.

This week, as Floyd is buried ([link removed]) in Houston, we bring you lessons on keeping anti-racism work ([link removed]) front and center in education, a look at school funding disparities ([link removed]) , and a report on an Ohio college where black students struggle to graduate. ([link removed]) Columnist Andre Perry encourages white parents ([link removed]) to discuss racism with their children, while I look at how what college leaders are saying ([link removed]) compares with what they are
actually doing to recruit black students and make them feel comfortable on campus.

You can find these stories in our Race and Equity section ([link removed]) , where we’ve added a way for you to send us questions and feedback. As always, we want to hear from you.


Liz Willen, Editor

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** After George Floyd’s killing, many colleges are promising to do better for black students: Will anything change? ([link removed])
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In the wake of George Floyd’s killing, college and university presidents and others have issued a flood of condemnations of inequality and racism. But they often seem to be mere lip service. Our reporting at The Hechinger Report has consistently shown that higher education has a long way to go before black students and faculty members are both well-represented and comfortable on college campuses. The racial divide on campus has been getting wider, not narrower.
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** A college where the graduation rate for black students has been zero percent — for years ([link removed])
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Several Ohio campuses have abysmal success rates for black college students, even as the state pushes for, and desperately needs, more graduates.



** COLUMN: Time for white people to have ‘the talk’ with their kids ([link removed])
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Every black parent has numerous, ongoing talks about racism with their kids. Nothing will change until white parents start talking to their kids about racism all the time, too.



** Rich schools get richer ([link removed])
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A new analysis of school funding by a Pennsylvania State University researcher finds widening gap between how the top 1% fund school districts and the rest of us.



** STUDENT VOICE: ‘College students like me were stopped in their car by police and subsequently tased and beaten for trying to get home’ ([link removed])
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A Yale student discusses the 'rage, grief and intense hopelessness' that black people have experienced following the death of George Floyd.



** OPINION: ‘To create lasting change, we must sustain this anti-racist work beyond the heat of the moment’ ([link removed])
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Teaching about black lives when it isn't Black History Month and other strategies from a teacher-educator who facilitates conversations about race.

Solutions
"Teaching in the time of coronavirus: Finding creative ways to engage students, ([link removed]) " The San Diego Union-Tribune

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