The PTA at my kid's school is trying to address the achievement gap and some parents keep framing it as a problem with 'certain families' not being involved enough, while others of us are pointing to tracking policies and disciplinary disparities that affect kids differently by race. We're talking past each other and meanwhile another school year is happening.
More people experience this than they realize.
A community group is confronting how individual versus structural explanations for racial disparities prevent collective action.
“Where Are You with Systemic racism — structure and experience?”
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