American Public Schools: A Vision of Dialogue & Inclusion

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American Public Schools A Vision of Dialogue
Inclusiona digital journey by Kristina Martin
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Failing our black, Latino and American Indian
youth 38 of all k-12 students
lower college entrance rates
less access to advanced courses
higher discipline rates
higher dropout rates
lower standardized test scores
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Transformation?
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When she looked up, a tear was leaking down her
cheek. It's really confusing this year, I'm too
white to be Latina, and I'm too Latina to be
whitesome of the Latinos are saying Ive turned
into a Gringa. The teacher asked if I was in the
right class the first day of advanced math, and
another student asked if my family was bringing
tacos to the food night, but Bolivians dont
really eat tacos people assume Im Mexican, they
dont even ask." Marcela had always been in a
special math class, one rung above honors. But by
winter, she was getting disappointing gradesand
beginning to worry about being moved down a
level.
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Two passages from the pages of this Student
Rights Responsibilities handbook represent the
entirety of diversity and conflict resolution
guidance offered by a school in one of the top
5 districts in the nation they only provide more
if required by an incident. THIS IS
IT!
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Critical inquiry Communication skills Human
agency taking action
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8-15 classroom hours per month Increase teacher
effectiveness Reduce incidents of
aggression Increase awareness and dialogue on
social justice issues Increase student
performance Increase student participation
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The fight for social justice begins in the
classroom. - Barack Obama, July 2008
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If our schools continue to fail half of our
students, what will the state of our nation be
in twenty years?
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• Statistics provided by
• Department of Education
• Applied Research Center
• Dr. Paul Gorski
• Featuring an appearance by
• Isaiah Martin
• Taiye Martin
• Bullycide image courtesy of
• In The Life Media http//www.itlmedia.org/html/epi
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