OPINION: Colleges must start treating immigration-based targeting as a serious threat to student safety and belonging   – The Hechinger Report

Last month, a Boston University junior proudly posted online that he had spent months calling Immigration and Customs Enforcement to report Latino workers at a neighborhood car wash.…

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OPINION: Instead of defining Black children by their test scores, we should help them overcome academic barriers and pursue their dreams

Across the U.S., public school districts are panicking over test scores. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or the Nation’s Report Card, as it is known, revealed that…

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When Support Becomes Surveillance: How School-Level Power Over IEP and 504 Accommodations Pushes Black Disabled Students Toward the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Schools are expected to provide safety, structure, and meaningful support for every student. However, the reality thatBlack students with disabilities experience often looks very different from that promise. Although federal laws outline accommodations through IEP and 504 plans, the success of these supports depends on how teachers and school administrators…

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