Education
The Socioeconomic Justice Society believes in...
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The SAT/ACT and other standardized tests shouldn't be used to bar someone from admission to any university/college.
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The age of voting in school district elections should be lowered to 16.
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Some sort of tax exemption for attending neighborhood public schools.
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Increased school district resources for schools that are underfunded/minority-majority.
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Creating more programs to bring minority teachers into classrooms. (specifically teachers who were born & raised in the areas they are working in)
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Mandate teacher training on social literacy and mental health, especially in minority-majority / underfunded schools.
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Increased funding for career-technical education.
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Increased opportunities for PAID career-technical internships, esp. in minority-majority / underfunded schools.
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Increase funding for programs that successfully lower high school dropout rates.
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Free access to menstrual products in school.
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Prohibit predatory loaning for school loans.
“Stop thinking about how we should reform the existing systems… how can we re-imagine the system and make a new, better one? It’s about creativity."
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Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom
Through conversations with teachers, students, and parents from varied cultural backgrounds, Delpit shows how everyday interactions are loaded with assumptions made by educators and mainstream society about the capabilities, motivations, and integrity of low-income children and children of color.