 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, from early childhood through college and beyond.
This week, as Floyd is buried in Houston, we bring you lessons on keeping anti-racism work front and center in education, a look at school funding disparities, and a report on an Ohio college where black students struggle to graduate. Columnist Andre Perry encourages white parents to discuss racism with their children, while I look at how what college leaders are saying 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, 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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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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Several Ohio campuses have abysmal success rates for black college students, even as the state pushes for, and desperately needs, more graduates.
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.
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.
A Yale student discusses the 'rage, grief and intense hopelessness' that black people have experienced following the death of George Floyd.
Teaching about black lives when it isn't Black History Month and other strategies from a teacher-educator who facilitates conversations about race.
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Solutions
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"Teaching in the time of coronavirus: Finding creative ways to engage students," The San Diego Union-Tribune
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