Closing the Racial Gap Between Students and Teachers

Syracuse schools are taking actions that they hope will result in closing the racial gap between students and teachers. In the Syracuse City School District, 76 percent of the students will have very little chance of having a teacher who is not white or shares their...

Suspending Children of Color Will Be Reviewed

Suspending children of color will be reviewed by school superintendents, in an effort to curtail the overwhelming likelihood that minority students will face suspension as a disciplinary technique.  In  Minneapolis schools, the black students are ten times more likely...