Let's not pretend that a bunch of outstanding, public - minded educators, policy makers, administrators, social entrepreneurs, and educational researchers — in other words, those of you sitting before me today — let's not pretend that you can overcome
deep educational injustice on your own.
Though education is often considered a tool for leveling the playing field in society,
educational injustices occur often, she says, when educators and policymakers must act in the absence of good options.
This school was started in the 1930s by a dynamic priest, Father Harold Purcell, who was outraged by
the educational injustice facing African American students in Montgomery.
According to Lynn Jennings, Ed Trust's director of national and state partnerships, «By lumping distinct student groups into an «other» group, states are telling schools and districts not to distinguish the histories and
educational injustices these students have historically experienced,» and that, «this not only robs students of needed supports and rich educational opportunities, but it also devalues the unique talents and experiences they bring.»
By lumping distinct student groups into an «other» group, states are telling schools and districts not to distinguish the histories and
educational injustices these students have historically experienced — and to continue the status quo.