A scholar on racism weighs in on a recent court decision that upheld a school’s decision to punish a Black male student for wearing his hair in long locs.
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Teachers use tougher language when describing the misbehavior of Black children, new research shows.
The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child outlines children’s right to peaceful assembly.
One option is for schools to develop mobile phone policies together with children and parents.
Debating whether school uniforms are good or bad sidesteps a bigger issue: students – especially girls – need better designed garments that support their learning and well-being.
Research shows punishments like suspension and expulsion further disadvantage already vulnerable students and could result in long term criminal and anti-social behaviour.
Schools and universities in post-colonial contexts still operate within the logic of coloniality. This is starkly illustrated by their language policies.
Schools need to adapt and evolve in changing circumstances and conditions as their students’ demographic composition shifts.
When it comes to black hair, “common sense” is the least reliable tool for decision making since even black people are constantly changing their minds about what they want to do with their hair.
Students of color are subjected to harsher disciplinary measures. Are schools doing enough to check this practice?
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Associate Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, The University of Texas at San Antonio
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Assistant Professor of Educational Administration, Michigan State University
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Senior Lecturer, Applied Language and Literacy Studies, University of Cape Town
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Professor in Language Education, member bua-lit collective, University of Cape Town
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South African Research Chair in Teacher Education; Director of Centre for International Teacher Education (CITE) & Professor of International Education and Development Policy (University of Sussex, UK), Cape Peninsula University of Technology
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Associate Professor at the Wits Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand
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Senior Lecturer in Special and Inclusive Education, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology and Child Development, Staffordshire University
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Lecturer, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
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Senior Lecturer in Qualitative Psychological Research Methods, Staffordshire University
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Lecturer, University of Strathclyde
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Assistant Professor of Special Education, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Research Associate, University of Oregon
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Knight Chair of Special Education, University of Oregon
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Associate Professor of Communication, Michigan State University
