The Huffington Post
“A new national survey of black and Latino parents … paints a grim picture of a school system that is systemically failing black and brown families … Nearly three-quarters of black families think that white students receive a better education than their children. The facts are on these families’ sides. In many states, school districts that serve minority populations receive less state and local funding … [and] have less-experienced teachers. Students of color face disproportionately tough discipline compared to white students … Families also report viewing racism as a culprit for racial inequities in education … 10% more black parents and 8% more Latino parents reported feeling this way compared to last year.”
Read more at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/parents-of-color-schools_us_5908c0e0e4b02655f8414db6.
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