She is particularly passionate about the unique needs
of children of color in the mental health and foster care systems.
Take a look at your data and classroom practices — are there an equitable
number of children of color in your honors and AP classes, do they have access to your best teachers?
Jeffries also recognized there were successful educational models focused on the unique
needs of children of color from under - resourced families.
Transracial Adoption: It Will Change Your Family Forever (PDF - 40 KB) Infertility and Adoption Counseling Center (2008) Explores the
adoption of children of color by White parents and offers strategies adoptive families can use to best meet the needs of those adopted transracially.
«Buffalo is a better place today because Carl Paladino no longer has any power or authority over the lives of tens of
thousands of children of color in the Buffalo Public Schools,» the Buffalo chapter of Showing up for Racial Justice, which has staged a series of anti-Paladino protests, said in a statement.
Karin Chenoweth: I was hired by the Achievement Alliance to identify and describe schools that have substantial
populations of children of color and children of poverty that are high achieving or rapidly improving.
In a city where housing segregation parallels that of our schools, there are no easy solutions to improving academic outcomes
of children of color by having them attend schools with their white and Asian counterparts.
Thus, the administrators in this study who are committed to improved overall child welfare service delivery may be simultaneously working toward the goal of improving the child welfare
experiences of children of color specifically.
The real problem is segregation, and the undeniable fact that children from enriched homes enter the school systems so far
ahead of children of color that it is nearly impossible for children of color to catch up academically.
When my organization, the Center for Civil Rights Remedies, studied the distribution of high and low suspension rates for every district in the nation, we found high schools in thousands of districts that suspended 25 percent or
more of the children of color.
Given that almost every district in the country has such disparities — and that no district wants to be subject to a civil rights investigation, even if later found innocent of discrimination — this policy amounts to an implicit order for systems nationwide to dramatically reduce
suspensions of children of color.
It seems probable that some middle and high schools are taking a tougher approach to discipline than others, and some of these schools — «suspension factories» if you will — serve high
proportions of children of color.
But instead of the Afro - centric curricula supported by Williams and Fuller, the A Beka and Bob Jones University curricula used in many of these schools are written with little regard for the
heritage of children of color.
We also can combat other forces that lower the
confidence of children of color in their academic ability and their worth, such as the pervasive belief in this country in the bell curve of ability, school practices for tracking, disproportionate placement in special education, biased application of discipline procedures, and unequal access to Advanced Placement classes.
To cultivate a culture of belonging in our classrooms, I secured funding for the Circles of Support program that elevates the
voices of children of color.
The disturbing data surrounding early suspension and expulsion, particularly in
terms of children of color, must be used as a moment for candid self - examination, said Sankara - Jabar, explaining to the CSI audience that her young son had been subjected to inappropriate discipline in early learning.
SFER members share undeniable stories and experiences of overcoming educational inequity in order to support policies and hold elected officials accountable to solutions that disrupt the status quo with the same intensity and regularity with which our current education system disrupts the futures of
millions of children of color and poor children.
Relay has been promoted both as a way to bring people of color into the teaching profession and as a fast track to let the
teachers of the children of color become certified or earn Master's degrees.
Over half of America's school children are now poor; more of our children are members of ethnic and racial minority groups, there is deepening concern about the
future of children of color; and inequities in our society are more apparent than ever.
Closing the ATTITUDE Gap The discussion on gaps in student achievement continue to be one of the most important discussions in education today; particularly as it relates to the
underachievement of children of color.
Racial Disproportionality and Disparity in Washington State Child Welfare: Remediation Plan Washington State Department of Social and Health Services (2008) Analyzes and makes recommendations for addressing the
overrepresentation of children of color in the Washington State child welfare system.
Impact of Intensive Family Preservation Services on Disproportionality of Out - of - Home
Placement of Children of Color in One State's Child Welfare System Kirk & Griffith Child Welfare, 87 (5), 2008 View Abstract Examines the impact of intensive family preservation services on racial disproportionality of placement into out - of - home care.
«Only democrat not taking tons of money from the teachers union which is the largest single lobby to the democrats... if not for Cuomo,
thousands of children of color and white middle class kids would have been forced out of the charter schools their parents fought hard to get their kids into,» she wrote.
«The fact that African American and Latino corps members tend to stay in teaching longer than their White counterparts is very important, given the nation's shortage of teachers of color and increasing
numbers of children of color in our schools,» Donaldson said.
Studying the effects of early child care experiences on the development
of children of color in the United States: Toward a more inclusive research agenda
Civil rights groups rightly fear that this will lead to a return to the days when the needs
of children of color and those from low - income families or with special needs were ignored.
Manuscripts should address the needs
of children of color or native children by providing stories they can identify with and which promote greater understanding of one another.
Finding Families for African American Children: The Role of Race & Law in Adoption From Foster Care Smith, McRoy, Freundlich, & Kroll (2008) The Donaldson Adoption Institute Explores issues relating to transracial adoption and calls for major changes to better serve the needs
of children of color and to improve their prospects of moving to permanent, loving homes.
Find resources in this section related to the adoption
of children of color and on transracial or transcultural adoption.
The new Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children report, released today by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, shows persistent disparities in the well - being of kids from immigrant families and
of children of color, especially African - American, Hispanic or Latino and American Indian children.
The Annie E. Casey Foundation's 2017 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for All Children report addresses the well - being
of children of color and children from immigrant families.The data show racial and ethnic disparities between children by measuring 12 indicators and produce an index score to show varying......