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Education & Youth

Do you believe that children are our future? So does ARC. Unfortunately, our education system is a disservice to people of color, denying them adequate knowledge and skills for a 21st century job market.

The following resources illustrate the importance of closing the gap on racial disparities in education and provides important information for exposing the inequities that afflict U.S. public schools.

"Educate to Liberate!"

Multiculturalism and the Struggle for Ethnic Studies, by Bob Wing. Now that multiculturalism is in vogue, should Ethnic Studies declare victory? ColorLines editor Bob Wing looks at the struggles that have shaped thirty years of Ethnic Studies. Full article available on ColorLines here.
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50 Years After Brown, Broken Bathrooms and Protests

by Daisy Hernández. Bay Area students, many of them Black and Latino, filled the entrance to Richmond High School on May 17, ushering in the 50th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision with a protest against unequal school funding that correlates to the racial make-ups of the schools. Full article available on ColorLines here.
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Creating Crisis

How California Teaching Policies Aggravate Racial Inequality in Public Schools. © Applied Research Center, August 1999. Principal Researchers: Terry Keleher, Libero Della Piana & Manijeh Fat. Executive Summary.
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Creating Crisis

How California Teaching Policies Aggravate Racial Inequality in Public Schools. © Applied Research Center, August 1999. Principal Researchers: Terry Keleher, Libero Della Piana & Manijeh Fat. Executive Summary.
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Crisis on the Campus

by Victor Goode. Victor Goode explains what’s at stake in the conflict over affirmative action. Full article available on ColorLines here.
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ERASE-- Towards a New Model of School Reform

by Terry Keleher. “Central High School suspends students of color all the time,” says Takina Greene, an 18-year-old member of Direct Action for Rights & Equality (DARE) in Providence, RI. “Our futures aren’t important to them.” Full article available on ColorLines here.
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Facing the Consequences

An Examination of Racial Discrimination in U.S. Public Schools. Executive Summary.
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Facing the Consequences

An Examination of Racial Discrimination in U.S. Public Schools. © Applied Research Center, March 2000. Principal Researchers: Rebecca Gordon, Libero Della Piana, & Terry Keleher.
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Get SMART

Standards for Excellence and Equity in Public Education. Public education doesn’t need politically inspired gimmicks like exit exams or vouchers.
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High Stakes

Black and Latino parents are demanding better schools and fewer tests, by Eric C. Wat on RaceWire. Full article available on ColorLines here.
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