by Beth Holmes | Nov 10, 2023 | News, Student Issues
Test scores are one way to curb the effects of bias in schools, and Texas is using that to get more kids into advanced classes like math. In most schools, advance courses are opt-in, with some hoops to jump through. A family has to know they’re available and...
by Supporting Education | Feb 22, 2021 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Call Me Max, by Kyle Lukoff, is a children’s book on about the level of If You Give a Mouse A Cookie or Eloise – a story for children about ages 6-10. It’s about a young trans boy figuring out who he is and how he fits in with his friends. The book talks from Max’s...
by Sarah Green | Jan 6, 2017 | News, Student Issues
2016 was a year that opened many white people’s eyes to the realities of racism in the United States. Eastern Michigan University has decided to learn from that and make concrete steps to address the issue. Working with black student leaders, they are implementing and...
by Sarah Green | Oct 17, 2016 | News, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
While a growing majority of children in public education are students of color, about 80 percent of teachers are white. It’s important that teachers have connections to their students, and that connection is very much improved when a student has access to teachers who...
by Sarah Green | May 5, 2014 | News, Parent Issues, Student Issues, Teacher Issues
Byron Court in London is a primary school where diversity is truly embraced. Iraq, Somalia, India, Nepal, Romania, Slovakia and Cyprus, just to name a few, are where many of the students from that now attend the school. Many of the children speak little to no English,...
