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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

The White female school psychologist administered what I, now a leading scholar in gifted and talented education, am convinced was the WISC. Once recruited, they want and need to be retained, which requires having anti-racist, culturally competent educators who are advocates, upstanders, and allies. Dr. Tanya J.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When cultural ways of being and cultural differences are framed as assets rather than problems, unnecessary special education referrals, labeling, and placements will decrease. college visits, application preparation, and scholarship information) and work-based learning opportunities (e.g., Information Age Publishing.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. The Culturally Competent Educator: Dispositions, Knowledge, and Skills. [1] Educational Researcher , 44 , 278–292. Mattison, R.,

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Hope While Waiting: Healing is Possible

Active Minds

Given all of that information, how many providers do you have to choose between? Utilize Project HEAL’s Insurance Navigation Hub About the Organizations Active Minds Active Minds is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization promoting mental health awareness and education for young adults. Find out more at www.theprojectheal.org.