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Guest Editorial: 70 years since Brown v. Board of Education, the education gap remains

Site Editor - May 25, 2024

Linda Brown Smith stands in front of the Sumner School in Topeka, Kansas, in 1964. The public school’s refusal in 1951 to admit Brown,...

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How Black teachers lost when civil rights won in Brown v. Board

The Conversation - May 20, 2024

The ranks of Black teachers have been decimated since public schools were ordered desegregated in 1954. LWA via Getty Images by Diana D'Amico Pawlewicz, University of...

Arts and Culture

How real is ‘Abbott Elementary?’ A former Philadelphia school teacher weighs in

Courier Newsroom - January 30, 2022

by Lynnette Mawhinney, Rutgers University - Newark ABC’s mockumentary “Abbott Elementary” follows a group of dedicated teachers who work at a Philadelphia school. The...

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