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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The American Educational Research Association (AERA) was no exception. Dr. Linda Darling- Hammond The leadership of the national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education and currently boasts a membership of about 25,000 scholars — remained exclusively white until the 1990s.

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Scholars of Urban Education Gather for Solutions-Based Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Over 270 sessions were offered at the conference, including a keynote address by Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, one of the world's most prolific educational researchers.

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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

For the most part, low achievement and aptitude test scores are associated with poor educational experiences, disengagement, stereotype threat, and a host of other factors that are environmental or social rather than cultural, inherited, and biological. Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant.

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ford Cultivating Black joy is critical, given censorship placed in schools, on Black bodies, and in the curriculum. instructional practices, curriculum development, teacher-student relationships, classroom climate, etc.) Theory into Practice. link] Dr. Donna Y. promotes agency, resistance, and liberation for Black students.

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Bullying

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Resources: Positive Action Evidence-based Bullying Prevention Programs & Curriculum The Hexagon Tool can help school staff to identify effective programs or practices that fit with the local context. Journal of Educational Research, 111 (3), 284–294. Learning and Instruction, 52, 130–138. 2014; Morgan et al.,