The Role of Schools in Our Society

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Jackie: I think about schools that are really hard and disciplined for black children. How we straddle that line like do we live in existence where we say okay but that's not the world I want to live in so that's what I'll prepare my children for? Or do you say hey this is real life and like yeah you're going to have to be way more on top of it than people who don't look like you, she says. Jackie: That's such a good point. I think that's what the role that schools play in our society and the potential role that they could play.

This Juneteenth, we’re sharing an episode of The Weeds, a Vox Media podcast where host Jonquilyn Hill breaks down the policies that shape our lives.

This episode digs into school discipline and the achievement gap with Francis Pearman of Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education. For many Black children, their first encounter with the discrimination that will trail them their whole lives comes from the school system — a system where they are five times more likely to attend a segregated school than their white counterparts.

Kara & Nayeema will be back Thursday with a fresh episode of ON.

You can find Jonquilyn Hill on Twitter @jonquilynhill

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