Students in Yvonne McDaniel's English for Speakers of Other Languages, or ESOL, class participated in English-language exercises during summer school at McCallum High School in Austin on July 31, 2013.
Students in Yvonne McDaniel's English for Speakers of Other Languages, or ESOL, class participated in English-language exercises during summer school at McCallum High School in Austin on July 31, 2013. Gabriel Cristóver Pérez

The United Nation’s Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent released a preliminary report that highlighted extreme barriers to racial equality in American schools. African American students, the report shows, are more likely to receive harsh disciplinary actions that can ultimately lead to alienation from the education system and an introduction into the criminal justice system. (Huffington Post)

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Jacob Sanchez was a newsletters fellow for the Tribune in 2016. At St. Edward’s University, he studied political science and journalism. Previously, Sanchez was an editorial intern at The Texas Observer,...