A couple of years ago, I attended a departmental chairs’ discussion about the inhibition of many students to express their thoughts in class for fear that they will be branded as unredeemable—a racist ...

Diversity in higher education has surged to the forefront of the national discourse: The U.S. Supreme Court recently struck down race-conscious college admissions programs, and several states have ...

On our first day back to campus — refreshed after a relatively calm spring break — we received an email that stopped us in our tracks: Our university in North Carolina had joined the ranks of public ...

Students with certain disabilities are often excluded from general education classrooms. Two children with Down syndrome show what can be gained from more inclusion. More and more students with ...

Mrs. Alvarez starts her day at 7:30 a.m. with the usual bustle: backpacks thump onto the floor, lunch boxes are unpacked, and a stack of folders marked IEP—short for Individualized Education Program, ...

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