IL & Md. marching bands scrap symbolic songs
Marching bands at 2 major universities have taken steps to eliminate the playing of music that might be offensive.
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U.Va. and Charlottesville, Va., in state of emergency
A man was killed and dozens injured in white supremacy protests today near the U. of Va. State of emergency.
Movie preview: Passion to Teach
The US and the educational community are in a bitter struggle to decimate the public schools by turning them into profit-generating machines.
Wash. school dist. settles racial discrimination suit
3 families in Washington state will receive $450,000 from a school district that allegedly did too little to protect them from racial discrimination.
South Pacific comes to the Chesapeake Bay
The stages of Maryland high schools are alive with musicals, some of them delivering old and new messages about racism.
Students react in print to a few Trump issues
Many Jewish cemeteries have been vandalized; some students remain optimistic despite bigotry Trump’s campaign may have encouraged.
Jewish student goes undercover in Christian America
Racism and antisemitism against students have been reported in Los Angeles, Calif., and Rockville, Md., in the latest installment of “Today in Hate.”
New Trier to conduct racism workshops for students
A few people say a day of seminars and workshops at a predominantly white school near Chicago doesn’t include enough “conservative” voice.
Zero-tolerance policies unfairly punish black girls
Black girls are more likely to receive harsher discipline under zero-tolerance policies than white girls for minor offenses.
Minorities lose trust in teachers; college less likely
New studies show minorities perceive more bias and lose more trust in teachers during middle school than whites. It affects college.