How public schools fail to recognize Black prodigies

By Donna Ford, Professor of Special Education, The Ohio State University

Editor’s note: Amid numerous articles about how Black students lag behind others in educational achievement, occasionally you may hear about a young Black “prodigy”…

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~	South Africa’s constitution was set up as the bedrock of its democracy: it’s been challenged over last 30 years, but has held firm

~	‘Polite littering’ is a rubbish problem – here’s why the British approach to tackling clean ups is not working

~	TikTok users claim freezing bread can make it healthier – here’s what the science actually says

~	Purple Hibiscus: Ibrahim Mahama’s Barbican installation wraps the brutalist building in bright cloth and reveals a hidden history

~	Liz Truss’s lessons on how not to be a prime minister

~	Focus on Rwanda’s safety is a distraction from the dangerous conditions for asylum seekers in the UK

~	Think you’ll never retire? Here are four things young people can do to prepare

~	Philadelphia has a lot more deadly shootings than expected for a big city − and NYC is much safer, new study says

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