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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. Think about remote learning," she said, adding that children struggled to receive their lessons via a small phone screen. But that's the reality."

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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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Once recruited, they want and need to be retained, which requires having anti-racist, culturally competent educators who are advocates, upstanders, and allies. Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant.

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

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When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. Career and Technical Education Research, 43 (1), 77-98. c. Disciplinary overrepresentation. Warren, N., & & Hernandez-Gantes, V.M.