"For Black people in the United States, getting an education has historically been an illicit activity rife with danger, personal risk, and structural barriers." In the United States, 82.7% of all public school teachers are white and it is estimated that 62% of all U.S. educators
This post was originally published on Tonya Ward Singer's blog. In a new study, Gershenson, Hold, & Papageorge (2015) reveal that non-black teachers have lower expectations than black teachers for the same black students in the same schools. The idea that race impacts teacher expectations is
The most recent government statistics on school bullying have shown no significant progress in our schools: the percentage of students who report being bullied at 2-3 times per month has remained at about 28 percent. The needle has been stuck on this issue the last