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Children of Color

The Stigma I Didn't Expect for My Daughter

Tarice L.S. Gray | Posted 05.17.2013 | Parents
Read More: Stigma, Black Daughter, Speech Delay, African-American Daughter, Daughters, Motherhood, Racism, Mothers and Daughters, Speech Therapy, Parents-Moms, Developmental Delays, Children-of-Color, Parents News
Tarice L.S. Gray

The loneliness of that realization, that my daughter might have to shoulder the consequences of these stigmas, made me heartsick. I'd made myself believe she would only be challenged by her race and gender, not the basic ability to speak her mind.

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Education Reform: America's Third Rail

David R. Jones, Esq. | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Community Service Society, No Child Left Behind, Education, Public School Funding, Charter Schools, Children of Color, Education Reform, Poor Children, Public Education, New York City, New York City Schools, Race to the Top, New York News
David R. Jones, Esq.

Charter schools are seen as a universal panacea that involves no one giving up anything and no elected official having to ever really lead on the issue, far less take any political risk.

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