School Climate & Racial Equity: Parent Actions
Get the tools you need as parents to build racial justice in Minnesota classrooms and advocate for your child’s rights.
Get the tools you need as parents to build racial justice in Minnesota classrooms and advocate for your child’s rights.
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Yet discriminatory practices in Special Education placement and school discipline are excluding students of color—especially African American children—from Minnesota classrooms at an alarming rate. Join us to build racial justice in MN classrooms and support all students for success.
“As the single mother of three young children, I can’t often make it to lobbying events or school district meetings. So I focus on small but impactful changes that help my kids and my family. One way I do this is by preparing for meetings so that I know how to best advocate for my child—especially if I think they’re…
“By second grade, I’d been flagged as a problematic kid. It started with harmless pranking among a group of seven year olds, and I followed along. But I was picked out as both the instigator and the scapegoat. It feels like that was when the in-school suspension room became my classroom.” Read about race and discipline in U.S. schools
“I don’t work in the school system, but I do see the impacts of racial injustice every day as a public defender. The school-to-prison pipeline is real, and it’s growing larger with each generation. We must demand change, so that our children can have the futures they deserve.” What is the school-to-prison pipeline?
“I have heard many teachers proudly say they are ‘colorblind’ which is so alarming to me. It signals an unwillingness to learn about the cultures of their students—and a desire to preserve whiteness as the default.” Read about critical race theory
“As an educator who trains new teachers on emerging student populations, I work to help them understand implicit bias and how it can quietly shape every interaction we have with our students—and set them up on wildly variant paths in the future. I believe justice in education starts with us getting it right in the classroom.” Understanding Implicit Bias