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Black teachers matter, for students and communities

The Hechinger Report

According to a 2017 report on teacher diversity by the Albert Shanker Institute, a think tank focused on democracy and education, minority teachers are more motivated to work with minority students in extremely segregated schools. According to the last Census count in 2017, the black population in D.C.

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For safer schools, we need more hugs, not more guns

The Hechinger Report

A 2017 Bureau of Labor and Statistics report found that Miami already has the highest concentration of security guards of any U.S. By comparison, whiter metros such as Portland, Seattle, Salt Lake City, and Minneapolis have some of the lowest concentrations of security guards. metro, except Las Vegas.