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Featured Campaign: Campaign to End Zero Tolerance Policies
NYC will no longer suspend students in grades K-2 |
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The decision to end suspensions for some of the city’s youngest students comes after a city task force issued its second and final report that spells out a series of recommendations aimed at making the school system’s disciplinary practices more fair. |
Beyond the First Look: Turning Local Data Into Action |
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During a recent webinar we co-hosted with the Dignity in Schools Campaign, approximately 200 participants joined a discussion of the results of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights 2013-2014 “A First Look” data, which surveyed all public schools and school districts in the United States. Read more and watch > |
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In Erie, a microcosm of Pennsylvania's struggle for education equity |
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Urban school districts in Pennsylvania face a particularly cruel logic. They serve the poorest, most needy students, yet, when it comes to state funding per pupil, most of them don't make the top of the list. That dynamic has come to a head in the city of Erie, where leaders of one of the largest school systems in the state are contemplating closing all high schools. Read more > |
Charter Schools and the Waltons Take Little Rock Back to its Segregated Past |
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Progress on racial integration in schools achieved during the Civil Rights period has gradually eroded, and in many cities, schools are now nearly as racially divided as they were 40 years ago. This time, those being accused of segregating students aren't local bigots. Instead, Little Rock citizens see segregation as being imposed upon them by outsiders, operating under the guise of a reform agenda. Read more > |
In Washington D.C., Test Scores Rise with the Rent |
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There has been measurable progress in test scores in the District of Columbia. But it’s not clear that leaders like Kaya Henderson are driving the upswing. Rising test scores, which we know track family income more closely than any other factor, may have less to do with district leadership than with gentrification. Read more > |
Why Black Lives Matter to Philanthropy |
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The Movement for Black Lives has created an opportunity for philanthropy to see and learn from new and dynamic forms of social justice leadership and infrastructure. To support and fund this thriving movement, philanthropy itself has had to adapt. Meanwhile, leaders have kept donors’ good intentions in check with candid reminders of how philanthropy can hurt a movement, as well as how it can help. |
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