Check out featured diversity, equity, and inclusion related stories in the news:
- Schools often fail to identify gifted and talented students – especially if they are Black, Latino or Native American
- Racial, ethnic and class inequities regarding gifted and talented services are found in most school districts. Read this article to learn about these disparities and solutions to closing equity gaps for marginalized groups.
- A community investment trust for Portland, Ore. residents to ‘buy back the block’
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With limited access to wealth due to the current economic crisis and preexisting systems of inequality, it will be difficult for America’s people of color to recover from the setbacks of COVID-19. This article describes a model that puts community economic development in the hands of the community by giving residents the opportunity to “buy back the block” in an affordable way.
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- This Chinese Food Zine Is Serving Up Asian-American/Black Solidarity
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Clarence Kwan’s ‘Chinese Protest Recipes’ reinforces food as a terrain of struggle and connection.
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- Megan Thee Stallion Explains 'Why I Speak Up for Black Women'
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In a powerful new video and op-ed for the New York Times, the rapper says she will create “good trouble” in defense of Black women.
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- GI Bill protections extended for student veterans dealing with campus coronavirus changes
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As part of the budget deal approved last week, Congress extended several financial protections for student veterans whose education plans have been disrupted by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. This story details the provisions of the legislation.
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