Tag: African Americans

Getting Black Students Better Access to Non-Novice Teachers

files December 15, 2021 by Sarah Mehrotra, Ivy Morgan, Allison Rose Socol, Ph.D.

Every year, thousands of individuals take on one of the most important jobs: TEACHING. While new teachers bring energy…

Black Undergraduate Women Reflect on What Prepared Them for College

article-cropped November 29, 2021 by Janice A. Byrd

The hashtag #BlackGirlMagic was created by a Black early childhood educator named CaShawn Thompson in 2015 as a way to “celebrate the beauty, power and resilience of Black women” and…

Black Student Activists Are Sick and Tired of Talking. They Want Action.

article-cropped October 15, 2020 by Satra Taylor

It’s been three years since I turned my tassel to the left and threw my graduation cap in the air in commemoration of the end of an important chapter in…

“And they cared”: How to Create Better, Safer Learning Environments for Girls of Color

compass August 20, 2020 by Kayla Patrick, Adaku Onyeka-Crawford, Nancy Duchesneau

All across the country, girls of color are excluded from school for subjective offenses like these, missing out on…

New Guide Pushes Leaders to Stop Criminalizing and Excluding Black, Latina, and Native Girls in Schools

newspaper August 20, 2020 by EdTrust

With systemic changes, educational leaders at the school, district, and state levels can take real steps to eliminate deep racial and gender disparities in school discipline, according to a new…

Graduation Rates Don’t Tell the Full Story: Racial Gaps in College Success Are Larger Than We Think

article-cropped March 05, 2020 by Andrew Howard Nichols, Marshall Anthony Jr.

“Student success” is a popular buzz phrase, but it means different things to different people. College and university administrators tend to measure student success on the basis of graduation rates.…

No State Provides Both High-Quality and High-Access State-Funded Preschool for Black and Latino 3- and 4-Year-Olds

newspaper November 06, 2019 by EdTrust

Of the 26 states analyzed, 13 states enrolled fewer than one-quarter of their Latino children in state-funded preschool programs, and 10 states enrolled fewer than one-quarter of their Black children…

Trends in Enrollment and Degree Equity at Public Four-Year Colleges: 2001-2016

article-cropped October 22, 2019 by J. Oliver Schak

According to our recent Broken Mirrors reports and web-based State Equity Report Card, few states are doing enough to ensure that their public two- and four-year colleges enroll and graduate…