Published: Jan. 4, 2017
Teachers of Color and Allies Summit Meeting

Boulder schools lead the nation in equitable learning, but can social and political turbulence endanger such progress?听asks editors at .听

As many Americans struggled to cope with the reality of the 2016 presidential election results, a disturbing plague began to spread in our nation鈥檚 schools. Halls suddenly echoed with hate speech; property became smeared with tyrannical symbolism; and students experienced verbal and physical harassment unlike ever before.

Now entrenched in what many education experts already referred to as 鈥淭he Trump Effect,鈥 such discrimination puts all students at risk. What鈥檚 most at stake is every student鈥檚 right to a supportive and equitable school environment regardless of income status, race, sexual identity, gender or disability.

When the right to an equal education is under threat, what can be done to protect and maintain the social progress we鈥檝e worked so hard to attain?听

In "," reporter Michelle Polizzi sat down with听our own听Michelle Ren茅e听Valladares,听Sara Staley, and听贰濒颈锄补产别迟丑听惭别测别谤听to address听how听we evaluate schools听and how we define student success to听emphasize equity, safety, and much more.