NY Teacher Makes Racial Comment About Student’s Appearance
In October 2018, a New York teacher told an art student that “all African-Americans have big noses,” after the teacher drew a caricature of the student.
Read more...In October 2018, a New York teacher told an art student that “all African-Americans have big noses,” after the teacher drew a caricature of the student.
Read more...In October 2018 students and parents at a Tennessee high school are reporting concerns of racial harassment that appears to be unaddressed.
Read more...In September 2018 a Wisconsin high school called police on a black student who stood up for herself after experiencing unaddressed racism.
Read more...In October 2018 a Virginia trans student was denied entry to either locker room during an active shooter drill.
Read more...In September 2018, Georgia pre-school teachers tied up and threatened black students.
Read more...Authoritarianism is antithetical to democracy and the United States Constitution, and it has no place in American government.
Read more...For the forty ninth anniversary of the Stonewall Inn Riots, we're exploring why Pride is a protest, and why it still must be.
Read more...In June 2018, the Michigan Department of Education proposed changes to social studies standards, which would erase gay rights, Roe v. Wade, and the KKK.
Read more...Income inequality is a key form of marginalization within the kyriarchy: every marginalized group is affected.
Read more...In March 2018 a North Carolina high school assistant principal disciplined a black female student at the end of the school day, refusing to allow her to ride the bus home because one shoulder was revealed.
Read more...In March 2018 reporting of a survey of transgender and gender fluid teachers in the United States and Canada found widespread discrimination and harassment.
Read more...In March 2018 a Florida teacher was suspended for using racial slurs and telling students not to date black boys.
Read more...A report released in February 2018, the 50th anniversary of the Kerner Commission, found that gains on poverty and racial justice have been stalled or reversed.
Read more...Research released in February 2018 showed that students with disabilities experience discipline, including suspension and expulsion, at twice the rates of their fellow classmates.
Read more...In February 2018 social media posts involving students at the same NJ high school included racist imagery and language.
Read more...In February 2018, which is Black History Month, a New York high school principal directed a teacher to stop teaching a lesson on the Harlem Renaissance.
Read more...In February 2018 a teacher in Florida who married her same sex partner was fired following the wedding.
Read more...In February 2018 a teenager in Tennessee found out that her photograph would not be displayed in her senior yearbook because she opted to wear a tux instead of a drape.
Read more...In January 2018 a white middle school teacher in New York walked on the backs of black students to teach a lesson on slavery.
Read more...In January 2018 three Colorado school administrators were indicted for pressuring a student to not report sexual abuse by a teacher at the school.
Read more...In January 2018 the Department of Education notified the Texas Education Agency that a target maximum number of special education students violated federal law.
Read more...In January 2018 a Wisconsin private school homework assignment asked for three good reasons for slavery.
Read more...In December 2017 a school board in Kansas ended a six-year tradition of students painting their designated parking spots after a local citizen complained about one of the spots being painted with an LGBTQ rainbow.
Read more...In October 2017 an Indiana police officer handcuffed an autistic nine year old.
Read more...A Florida first grade student was reprimanded in front of classmates after taking a knee during the Pledge of Allegiance in September 2017.
Read more...In September 2017 a fifth grade teacher in South Carolina, as part of a lesson on Reconstruction, assigned students to consider the justification of KKK members.
Read more...In June 2017 The Education Department of the United States closed a civil rights investigation involving a transgender student.
Read more...According to a June 2017 advocacy organization’s report, black women in the United States face structural barriers to advancement of all sorts.
Read more...In April 2017 Massachusetts black students were targeted in a school dress code crackdown that seemed to focus on black hairstyles.
Read more...In April 2017 a Florida teacher used a classroom assignment to assess whether students were comfortable with “young black men” on the street, an “Arab” on an airplane, or a woman pastor.
Read more...In February 2017 California second grade students in a majority black school were given a homework assignment that included a question about the number of slaves needed to complete a task on a plantation.
Read more...A change in Missouri law that went into effect in January 2017 could be applied to students, increasing the effects of the school-to-prison pipeline.
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