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Video: CPS students rally to demand elected school board
Dozens of Chicago Public School students rallied downtown Monday to demand an elected board of education. More than 200 students are part of the Chicago Students Union, which was formed in 2013. But students say the board refuses to listen to them.
African American teacher fired for calling students ‘lazy n*gg*rs’ may get her job back
A black Florida math teacher who was fired after referring to students as “lazy n*gg*rs” may soon get her job back. Joyce Quiller, 51, received a termination letter from the school district in February after allegations that she led a profanity-filled classroom surfaced.
Teacher who was called ‘white trash’ wins $350,000 lawsuit
A former Maryland teacher has won a $350,000 jury award after accusing the school system of discriminating against him because he is white. In his lawsuit against the Prince County George’s school board, Jon Everhart alleged that a black principal forced him out of his job because of his race.
Community leaders say no to white cultural studies teacher
In just a few weeks a new California middle school will open. Rutherford B. Gaston is slated to open in Fresno, and black community and church leaders are calling on the Unified School District to reconsider its hiring of a white African-American, Latino and Southeast Asian studies teacher.
We need more black male teachers, but how do we get them?
The following post was written by Dr. Travis Bristol, a former high school English teacher in New York City public schools and teacher educator with the Boston Teacher Residency program. He is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Stanford Center for Opportunity Policy in Education (SCOPE), and his research focuses on the intersection of race […]
A teacher explains why his students are raising funds to bury their classmates
The following post was written by Byron L. Smith. It originally appeared on Brothers on Sports under the original title, “A Teacher Explains Why His Students Are Doing Fundraisers to Bury Their Classmates.” By: Byron L. Smith I was once employed at a high school that had a group of students who went from […]
High Schools students’ epic response to offensive flyers makes us all proud
When a hateful flyer against immigration surfaced in a Brampton, Canada high school, students came up with an epic response. A group called Immigration Watch passed out the offensive flyers around Brampton earlier this year. The flyer shows two images: one of an all-white crowd with the caption “From This…” and another of a group […]
Student says teacher told him to address him by saying ‘yes sir, master’
An Iowa student says his high school economics teacher told him to call him “master.” Jabre White, a Roosevelt High School senior says he was shocked when he heard Mr. McCurtain’s remarks.
Teacher suspended over blackface lesson, later reinstated
A Michigan teacher was suspended, and later reinstated after teaching a lesson on Blackface. Al Barron teaches at Monroe Middle School, and is set to retire in two weeks. Administrators deemed his lesson to be inappropriate.
One quarter of CPS’s budget spent at just three schools
Close to twenty-five percent of the Chicago Public Schools $423 million budget is going to just three schools in the district. All three schools are selective enrollment high schools on the North Side.
Teacher fired for using broom to break up fight
A Detroit teacher was fired after a cell phone video showed her using a broom to break up a fight between two students. In the video, two male students are fighting for at least 30 seconds before the teacher intervenes.
Lawsuit: black teacher mocked with minstrel show photos by students
An Arizona teacher has filed a lawsuit against the Tempe Union High School District after students at Ahwatukee’s Desert Vista High School racially discriminated against her. The suit, filed by Cobb in February, came after a student posted a video to a social media site the month before.