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Should African Americans Trust the College Board with African American Studies?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The College Board's decision to revise its African American Studies curriculum has come under fire from many who argue that the changes are motivated by political pressure rather than pedagogical considerations. Harvard adopted testing in 1934 to select scholarship recipients followed by many other institutions. principles."

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We are Not an ‘Issue’: We are Your Students of Color!!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

This is necessary but must include intentional and proactive scholarship and resources on racial identity development. When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. c. Disciplinary overrepresentation.

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New Partnership Aims to Diversify Medical Device Sales

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

MSC CEO Travis Allen said that part of what makes his program so unique is that instructors are actually “seasoned veteran medical device sales representatives,” who not only teach the students but also help them connect with jobs after completion, a key part of MSC’s 84% placement rate. The program will be the first of its kind in the area.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since then, I have focused my scholarship on college and career readiness, and STEM for Black males. Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant. Once recruited, they want and need to be retained, which requires having anti-racist, culturally competent educators who are advocates, upstanders, and allies.

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Anti-Racist Teachers: Disrupting Resegregation [Overrepresentation] in Special Education

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Because they are receiving unnecessary services and may not have access to the general education curriculum and classroom. These results suggest that teachers’ deficit-based evaluations and early biased assessments, during kindergarten, are determining a de facto segregated placement for Black and Latinx students. public schooling.

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An Urgent Message to Teachers and School Psychologists Working with Black and Other Minoritized Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

gifted and talented, Advanced Placement, Honors). Ford School psychologists are seldom given the same attention as classroom teachers in research and other scholarship about preK-12 students. emotional and behavioral disorders, intellectual disabilities, ADHD, learning disabilities), and underrepresentation in advanced classes (i.e.,

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10 Ways to Get College Credit

Student Research Foundation

Advanced Placement Classes (AP Classes) Another way of getting college credit in high school is by signing up for Advanced Placement Classes, often referred to as AP classes. These advanced high school classes allow students to experience a college-level curriculum and provide the opportunity to earn college credit.