By Hannah SchoenbaumThe Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Black woman hired by a northern Utah school district to investigate racial harassment complaints the year after a 10-year-old Black student died by suicide says that she, too, experienced discrimination from district officials. Joscelin Thomas, a former coordinator in the Davis School District’s equal […]
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Schools aren’t prepared to handle racist bullying
By Maya Pottiger, Word In Black Breana Calloway stood in front of the Illinois State Senate in March to testify in favor of the Racism Free Schools Act. It passed the Senate unanimously, passed through the House, and was signed into law in August. Calloway, a principal-in-training in Chicago and a former Teach Plus Fellow, […]