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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. While anti-racism mitigated this, educators also need supporting anti-racist, administrative leadership and policies. public schooling.

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Advising, Counseling, Mentoring and Teaching Black Males in Secondary and Postsecondary Settings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Some of the topics include literacy and math, advising Black male engineering majors, socio-emotional development, leadership, community college experiences, Black male veterans, athletes in P-12 and higher education, and the recruitment and retention of Black males in educator preparation programs. Chapter 14: Ford, J.R.

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How the Work of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was About Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

While the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the organization that he presided over, was primarily centered around the Black community, King recognized the importance of building a diverse coalition of people from different backgrounds. Companies were compelled to open positions that Blacks previously did not have access to.

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Where Do We Go From Here?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We have witnessed alarming attacks and the prohibiting of the College Board Advanced Placement African American Studies course in selected states. School libraries and their dedicated librarians have been targeted, as have public libraries that have helped ensure literacy and access to books for all. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,

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