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By Joy S. Jones | Word In Black - From Marva Collins to Gloria Ladson Billings, Black women have long sounded the alarm for educational equity and racial justice — and taken action.
Anti-Black bias and lack of teacher referrals are keeping Black students out of gifted school programs, a scholar suggests.
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How public schools fail to recognize Black prodigies | Opinion Updated Feb 19, 2021; Posted Feb 18, 2021 Facebook Share Editor’s note: Amid numerous articles about how Black students lag behind others in educational achievement, occasionally you may hear about a young Black “prodigy” who got accepted into college at an early age. According to Donna Y. Ford, an education professor at The Ohio State University, there could be far more Black prodigies. But it would take the right support from families, who may not be familiar with some of the characteristics of gifted students and the ex...
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