7-Year Old Tulsa Girl Sent Home From School Because of Her Dreadlocks Via Buzzfeed
But it’s just hair though right?
“But it’s only hair, why do black people have to make a big deal about everything?!?! Gosh!” 😒
Over her hair though. The messed up part is that this will come to define her sense of self worth and beauty
Don’t teach me about my culture, but use my culture to teach me…
Kids on a school bus bullying a Sikh boy for wearing a turban.
Kids learn this shit from their shitty fucking parents and that’s so sad
(via applyironreveal)
A Georgia private school fired its principal after a racially charged remark made at commencement made national headlines.
“In light of recent events, the board of directors of TNT Academy has moved to dismiss Nancy Gordeuk as principal,” chair of the board Dr. Heidi Anderson wrote to a local NAACP chapter, NBC News has learned.
Last Friday, Gordeuk dismissed attendees prematurely, before calling them back to listen to the Valedictorian’s speech. She went on to chastise people for leaving the ceremony, saying “look who’s leaving — all the black people.”
Related: Principal sorry for ‘all the black people’ remark at graduation
A video of the incident shows attendees leaping from their seats in outrage and videos of the event went viral soon after, prompting calls for her resignation.
Gordeuk initially apologized – blaming the devil and her own emotional state – but later defended her remark in an interview with NBC News.
“My side is I’m not a racist, I didn’t know black people was a racist term, I didn’t say the n-word or anything like that, because that’s not in my vocabulary!” she said, arguing that it was merely an observation. “I made a statement, it wasn’t a racist remark.”
Gordeuk is the founder of TNT Academy, a non-traditional school that allows students to pursue independent coursework to get an accredited degree.
“During the coming transition, we will continue to prioritize support for our most recent graduates. Moreover, we will continue our commitment to providing students with the best educational classes, transcription services, and academic credit recovery possible,” Anderson continued in her statement about Gordeuk’s dismissal.
(via evolutia)
teacher:
remember to always be honest students.
teacher:
stop tattling.
teacher:
this is a no bullying zone.
teacher:
*says nothing to students who say racist, sexist, homophobic, and transphobic things*
One of my students, a Yakama child, had to write an essay today about what his three wishes could be if he could have anything, “”I wish I could help people. I wish for nice people. I wish for the whole world to be nice.”
I didn’t get a chance to take of picture of his second wish because we ran out of time, but his second wish was “that all children in the world could go to school so they can eat, play, and learn”.
The same child wishing for the world, wishing people well, is the child called “unteachable” by their teachers.
It’s a problem that so many white people recognize indigenous peoples only as primitive people from the past rather than what we are: students, dancers, ball players, doctors, etc. I wonder how they would feel to constantly have their identity denied or ignored like hey if you’re white why aren’t you wearing medieval robes, living in a castle, while your maid tosses your feces out the window?
LB is my eight year old child, who a year ago, wasn’t reading. LB could recognize cite words but wasn’t interested in reading but rather being read to. A stroke of luck happened last year when I was at LB’s school’s book fair. I found My Little Pony comic books and because they had a love for the show and it’s merchandise I bought them. That night LB started reading, out loud, and beyond their reading level! I took this picture today, at the beginning of March, a year later, and LB is now reading two levels above their desired reading goal for their grade level. I am posting this to encourage parents and educators to find out the interest of the child and if you are able to find a book, comic, graphic novel, etc, with loved characters or favorite things. These loved characters might act as a bridge to reading.
( also I am the parent of this child and am allowed to share this photo and story)
I’d really appreciate it if as educators we could work together to actually idk foster the child’s academic success and emotional development instead of restricting access to the child based off of the unmet needs to feel powerful.
I want my child, Little Bear, to have friends and learn appropriate social skills of course, but everything about school bewilders me. They are going to be away from me for how many hours? Six, eight? Why aren’t they home learning what they actually need to know, how to maintain a garden and farm, how to cook and preserve foods, how to sew clothing, how to make toys, jewelry, baskets, etc, how to take care of their family member’s needs.. Why are our children at school?
“Exploring Hoosier Minority Groups: Indiana’s Native American PopulationRachel Strange
Geodemographic Analyst, Indiana Business Research Center, Indiana University Kelley School of Business
Indiana’s population has become increasingly diverse in terms of race and origin. Results from the latest census count for 2010 provide us with a rich set of information from which to gain insight into our population diversity. This article is the last of four InContext articles to provide demographic snapshots of our minority population. Native Americans comprised 0.3 percent of Indiana’s population in 2010 and will be the focus of this snapshot. (View the articles on Indiana’s black population, Indiana’s Hispanic population and Indiana’s Asian population.) The overview that follows focuses on population, household formation, income and education."
These are statistics that Indigenous people in Indiana, USA, are experiencing. Very relevant to all of us.
(Source: incontext.indiana.edu)
“What the diagram points out is that not only are white and Indian values different and often conflict, but that the values of an ethnic group essentially determine that group’s educational system. When the two systems are merged together, or one system dominates, the result is poor performance by the Indian child, or the child whose ethnic group is in the weaker position within the school system.” ~Thomas Davis and Alfred Pyatskowit
(Source: jaie.asu.edu)
“1. Native American Students Have The Lowest High School Graduation Rates In The Country (USA)
2. In Recent Years, Their (Native American students) Average ACT Scores Have Declined Substantially
3. Native Students Have Less Access To High-Level High School Courses
4. Most (Native American students) Are Not Proficient In Reading Or Math By Eighth Grade ”
The Education System Is Failing Native American Students. Here’s Proof.The Huffington Post | By Rebecca Klein
The article did not mention the astronomical numbers of American Indian and Alaskan Indian children dropping out of school, too. One of students in this American Indian education program has dropped out of school at the age of eleven, and she is not the only one.
(Source: The Huffington Post)
What New Stats Show About The School To Prison Pipeline For Black Girls Is Worse Than Anyone Could Have Imagined
Judging by the statistics, the national focus on the troubled plight of Black boys with initiatives like President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper may be missing a real crisis that’s hidden in plain sight: Black girls are treated even more harshly in American schools than Black boys when compared to their white counterparts—leading to them now being the fastest growing population in the juvenile justice system.
The numbers are jarring: Black girls across the country were suspended six times more often than white girls, compared to Black boys being suspended three times more often than white boys, according to the U.S. Department of Education’s analysis of the 2011-2012 school year.
Only 2 percent of white females were subjected to exclusionary suspensions, compared to 12 percent of Black girls.
Because males are suspended in greater numbers than females, the harsh treatment of Black boys tends to draw all the attention. But a new report by the African American Policy Forum and Columbia Law School called “Black Girls Matter: Pushed Out, Overpoliced, and Underprotected” shines a spotlight on Black girls in public school, playing particular attention to what happens to them in the New York City and Boston school systems.
Shout outs to the system for doing what you were created to do .
SMFH
emphasis by me
(Source: atlantablackstar.com, via 50shadesofmyblackass)