The headlines read like news from the 1960s: Students at an Ohio high school hung “whites only” and “blacks only” signs above the water fountains. In Maryland, a Confederate flag was hung outside a high school. And in Florida, white students at a middle school took a photo holding up letters that spelled a racial […]
Giulia Heyward
Posted inEducation, K-12
How Police Officers Started Working at Schools — And Why Some People Want Them Out
It’s been 10 days since a gunman infiltrated an elementary school in the small town of Uvalde, Texas, fatally shooting 19 students and two teachers. But many questions remain about how police officers handled the tragic event and whether lives could have been spared. Families’ accounts of begging police officers to enter the school — […]
Posted inHealth, Mental Health
The Invisible Effects of Gun Violence on Children
The nation’s most recent school shooting — which left 19 fourth-graders and two teachers dead in a Texas classroom — has again forced parents to question their children’s safety. While gun violence has become a near-universal fear for Americans, children from underrepresented backgrounds often are most susceptible. Capital B spoke with Charity Brown Griffin, a […]
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The Pandemic Worsened Racial Achievement Gaps. Making up the Difference Won’t Be Easy.
Virtual schooling during the pandemic has had a debilitating effect on academic progress for Black and Hispanic students, expanding already wide test-score gaps with their white counterparts, according to a new working paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research. Those learning losses will have “major impacts” on Black and Hispanic students’ future financial earnings, […]