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Black Students Still Only a Rhetorical Priority
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Black Students Still Only a Rhetorical Priority

Larry AubryNovember 1, 2018

Public education continues to fail African American children with little public outcry and   those who do protest strongly are often ostracized by the education establishment. Meanwhile, as has been the case for at least the past fifty years, there are no effective, sustained protests of the pervasive miseducation of Black children.  This speaks volumes about Black leadership, in general, and educational leadership in particular.

IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL SYSTEM REALISTIC?
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IS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN SCHOOL SYSTEM REALISTIC?

Larry Aubry                                                                                                   March 29, 2018

Public education has failed Black students.  Tragically, by virtually any measure, they are behind all other groups, including immigrant Latino students who have been in the U.S. for only three years.  At the federal, state and local levels there have been some programs   that relate to African American students.

Affirming Black Students Home Language
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Affirming Black Students Home Language

Larry Aubry          June 1, 2017

The failure of public schools to properly educate Black students is criminal. They have long been at the bottom of virtually every measure of effective schooling. Yet the Black community has remained largely on the sidelines; its dominant response, silence.

Black students urge changes at University of Oregon
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Black students urge changes at University of Oregon

DIANE DIETZ, The Register-GuardNovember 16, 2016

A dozen black student leaders at the University of Oregon organized a rally Friday to hold the administration to account, express the pain of racist incidents on campus, and be buoyed and inspired by one another.