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Tag: low-income students

Posted inPerspectives

Chicago’s closed schools should be redesigned for safe post-pandemic learning in Black neighborhoods

by Rachel Weber July 17, 2020July 21, 2020

School buildings notoriously shuttered by Chicago Public Schools in 2013 could now be used to facilitate classroom social distancing, especially in communities hardest hit by COVID-19.

Posted inPerspectives

What’s the alternative to police in schools? Restorative justice.

by Curtis Black June 11, 2020June 11, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

We protest police in the streets, so why do we let police in our schools?

by Dave Stieber June 3, 2020June 5, 2020
Posted inCoronavirus

Giving private schools federal emergency funds slated for low-income students will shortchange at-risk kids

by Derek W. Black May 21, 2020May 22, 2020
Posted inPerspectives

7 things public schools do besides teach kids academic basics

by Samantha Keppler April 23, 2020April 23, 2020
Posted inEducation, Perspectives

How to increase access to gifted programs for low-income and black and Latino children

by Jonathan Wai and Frank C. Worrell September 18, 2019September 18, 2019
Posted inEducation

How low expectations force low-income students to miss out on college aid

by Rita Oceguera September 6, 2019September 12, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

Why meritocracy is a myth in college admissions

by Morgan Polikoff, Jerome A. Lucido and Julie Renee Posselt August 16, 2019August 16, 2019
Posted inPerspectives

What school segregation looks like in the US today, in 4 charts

by Erica Frankenberg July 26, 2019July 26, 2019
Posted inEducation, Perspectives

Counterpoint: As college graduates, we are Urban Prep’s reputation

by Krishaun Branch, Cameron Barnes, Tyler Beck, Jamil Boldian, Jerry Hinds, Jessie Mack and Deontae Moore July 2, 2019July 2, 2019

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