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Category Archives: Educational equity
Protecting White Children: The Moral Panic About Critical Race Theory by Zulay Valencia Diaz
Are innocent white children being made to feel guilty for the sins of people long gone? Worse yet, are students being indoctrinated with anti-American rhetoric by the institutions to which their learning has been entrusted? Many conservatives certainly seem to … Continue reading
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Mask Mandate Bans Discriminate Against Students with Disabilities by Maria Kardasis
Thirteen-year-old Greyson Schwaigert is forced to risk his life to receive an adequate education. Greyson suffers from a rare genetic disorder, which means that COVID-19 poses a threat to his life. On top of that, Greyson has a developmental delay, … Continue reading
Posted in Educational equity, mask mandates
Tagged remote learning, special education
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After COVID, Foster Youth Need Educational Advocates More Than Ever, by Joanne Curley
Across the country, a child is removed from their home and placed in foster care every two minutes. Not all children in foster care have endured the same level of maltreatment, but they all experience some level of trauma when … Continue reading
Posted in Educational equity, Federal intervention, foster youth, public education
Tagged remote learning
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Transgender Youth Participation in Sports: Their Right Under Equal Protection, by Lilian Winters
Sports. We follow them, watch them, and, above all, we talk about them. We shout at the screen during an intense play and cheer among the crowd as our team scores. We talked about Kaepernick taking a knee and Lance … Continue reading
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School’s Out: The Importance of Time Spent Outdoors During the School Day, by Kathleen McGivney
Our usual way of life was upended during the pandemic. People stayed home from work and school and found themselves looking for anything to do. For many, the answer was simple – go outside. There is evidence that exposure to … Continue reading
Posted in Educational equity, public education, school curriculum
Tagged remote learning
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Should COVID-19 Bring the End of Standardized Testing?, by Lilia Valdez
Worldwide, 2020 has been different for plenty of reasons. With the cancellations of all normalcy, it is fair to assume that effects of COVID-19 on young people around the world will take years to understand, and even longer to move … Continue reading
Posted in Educational equity, Educational policy
Tagged COVID, remote learning, standardized testing, student assessment
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Student Discipline in the Wake of Online Learning: Who Is Left in the Crossfire?, by Mikaila John
Earlier this year, a 15-year-old girl in Michigan was sent to a juvenile detention center for violating her probation. How did she violate it? By not completing her online coursework when her school switched to remote learning. The girl, identified … Continue reading
Posted in Educational equity
Tagged COVID, remote instruction, remote learning, school discipline, special education, suspension, trauma-informed
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With the Uptick of Students Facing Homelessness, It’s Time to Revisit the Importance of the McKinney-Vento Act, by Hannah Cholewinski
With the uptick of furloughs and layoffs over the last six months of the COVID-19 pandemic, more and more students face the possibility of insatiable housing situations and possible homelessness. Even prior to the pandemic, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) reported … Continue reading
Posted in Educational equity
Tagged COVID, homeless students, McKinney-Vento, MVA, remote learning
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Pods and Privilege: How COVID-19 is Changing the Traditional American Education System, by Haley Burridge
Due to the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, most schools in the United States made the difficult decision to conduct the school year remotely by utilizing video platforms such as Zoom and Google Classroom. Change is hard for most people. Parents with … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID, equity, IEP, pods, remote learning, special education
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