Hope for Students is a national movement of people of faith committed to eliminating disparities in our public education system, especially along lines of race and class. We believe all God’s children deserve a world-class education. For this reason, we also believe that no child should be punished more often, or more severely, in our schools due to the color …
Press Release: Weakening student civil rights protections will “put students of color at increased risk of discrimination”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Release: Weakening student civil rights protections will “put students of color at increased risk of discrimination” “We believe punishing black and white students differently for the same behavior is the very definition of institutional racism,” says Nicole Baker Fulgham, founder of the Hope for Students movement, in response to reports that U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos …