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  2. Racial diversity in United States schools - Wikipedia

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    Racial diversity in United States schools is the representation of different racial or ethnic groups in American schools.The institutional practice of slavery, and later segregation, in the United States prevented certain racial groups from entering the school system until midway through the 20th century, when Brown v.

  3. School segregation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In 1960, U.S. marshals were needed to escort Ruby Bridges to and from school in New Orleans, Louisiana, as she broke the State of Louisiana's segregation rules. School segregation in the United States was the segregation of students in educational facilities based on their race and ethnicity. While not prohibited from having or attending ...

  4. How Are Schools Responding to Racism Right Now?

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    The national push for racial equality is propelling some school districts to change. One example is Muncie, Indiana, Community Schools. Officials there plan to appoint a director of diversity ...

  5. Following alarming stories of racism in schools, RISE hosting ...

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    Amy Tillerson-Brown, Sharon Fitz and Chanda McGuffin hosted an education forum July 7, focusing on racism in the school systems. The three women will host a second forum Friday, July 12 at 6 p.m ...

  6. Black students describe suffocating cultures of racism at ...

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    Saama Sane said that when he was a junior at Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, Massachusetts, a white student repeatedly called him the N-word as he sat at a table in the library. Sane said he ...

  7. Discrimination in education - Wikipedia

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    [37] [38] Segregating schools is a way in which low income students may be isolated from higher income students, which causes them to receive a less effective education. [39] Students living in lower income communities receive, on average, less investment in their education than students in higher income communities.

  8. School integration in the United States - Wikipedia

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    One overlooked aspect of school desegregation efforts is the persistence of structural racism as reflected in the composition of elected school boards. Long after their schools had desegregated, many continued to operate with predominantly white trustees. [44]

  9. Schools say dress codes promote discipline. But many Black ...

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    For as long as schools have policed hairstyles as part of their dress codes, some students have seen the rules as attempts to deny their cultural and religious identities. Nowhere have school ...