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Standing Up to Attacks on Black History and DE&I

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Since 2021, legislatures and governors in 19 states have enacted educational gag orders that restrict teaching and learning about allegedly divisive concepts such as race, racism, and American history. So, when the teaching about race, inequality, and DE&I efforts come under attack, how should higher education leaders respond?

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Educators as Co-Conspirators in Decolonizing Education for Black Students

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Moreover, personal biases and beliefs about certain student populations can impede an educator from effectively teaching their students. GATE, Advanced Placement). Ford is a Distinguished Professor of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University. Dr. Donna Y.

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Sacramento State Creates Nation's First Black Honors College

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The college will have its own dean of students, director, counselors, academic advisors, and outreach and support staff, and it will draw from existing faculty who have “a demonstrated record of success in teaching Black students,” said Wood. Wood is hoping to recruit some of those students to his campus. “In Dr. Donna Y.

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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

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These two educational fields rely extensively on tests, often exclusively, to make educational and placement decisions that negatively affect Black student school engagement and performance, which contributes to underachievement – performing lower than they are capable of performing, as shared in our opening statements. Dr. Donna Y.

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Going Back to School Means Increasing Black/Minoritized Family Engagement Too

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achievement and opportunity gaps, underachievement, excessive and unjust suspensions and expulsions, overrepresentation in special education , and underrepresentation in gifted and talented education, Advanced Placement ), it behooves educators to not just increase minoritized students’ engagement , but to also increase their family’s engagement.

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

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gifted and talented, Advanced Placement, Honors). School psychologists are uniquely qualified members of school teams that support students' ability to learn and teachers' ability to teach. Jarrett Murphy is a school psychology doctoral student in the College of Education and Human Ecology at The Ohio State University.

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Community College Leader Recognized as 2023 Diverse Champion

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After two years at Coolidge, Gonzales went on to teach at Central Arizona College, where he spent 15 years rising through the ranks to become interim associate vice president of academic affairs. And I said, ‘No, you’re just a human being that’s never gone to college.’” And they’ll come up afterward and say, ‘Thank you.