Friday, Nov 28, 2008

ENCORE:CLASSROOM DISCRIMINATION: Through the Eyes of Peers

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ENCORE:CLASSROOM DISCRIMINATION: Through the Eyes of Peers Originally aired November, 2007 We turned over our microphones to six 7th-graders (now 8th) from St. Paul-based Twin Cities Academy to explore their chosen topic of how their peers of color and gender may be treated differently than white students. TTT's Andy Driscoll and Lynnell Mickelsen step aside for Madeline Driscoll, Tessa Ferguson, Abby Ewen-Schofner, Anna Eastep, Emily Syverud and Ana Schaff to inquire as to why children of color are treated differently in elementary and secondary classrooms. GUESTS: • STATE REPRESENTATIVE CARLOS MARIANI, Executive Director, Minnesota Minority Education Project; • JEANNE NORDSTROM, Retired Teacher, Webster Magnet School, St. Paul; • NISSAN BROWN, Minneapolis student attending Edina High in The Choice Is Yours desegregation project.

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