Will legacy of Martin Luther king jr. To make this a tangible reality. It heart ens us to no e that this past century has made many gains. United states is a very different nation from what it was in 1963. Many of the egregious disparities no longer exist. Its very common to see African American people and many colors. In less than a span of a lifetime, our president is a man of african decent. Its clear that the struggles for civil rights in the 20th century transformed the legal status for African Americans and others who justice was denied. However it is the enforcement and spirit and intent of these laws that challenge this century. We have much work left to do. 50 years ago, ending segregation was a dream for African Americans throughout the country. Education was the gateway. Access to education would provide a Better Future for the children. Today that belief remains the same. Education is a pathway for future success. However access to high quality education still remains an il
Griff im in the juan seat in washington. Im proudly here, jed. Pete as you are. Jedediah pete, use those as a little nap area. If you dont have a segment, i dont see why the pillows cant be made to good use. Pete good point. In the first segment, in on honor of you i will take a nap. Griff no sleeping. There is too much news. Pete we start with a fox news alert. Chaos in our country. Violent clashes erupting across the nation. [gunfire] pete one person is killed after gunshots ring out at a black lives matter protest turned riot in austin, texas. Police declaring officially a riot, after this youth jail construction site is torched. Griff rioters clashing with police, throwing bottles at officers. 21 cops hurt. 45 people arrested. Meanwhile portland seeing 59th straight day of unrest. Protesters bring down a federal courthouse fence. Rioters setting an American Flag on fire, watching it go up in flames. Jedediah protests take a violent turn in richmond, virginia. Police declaring an Un
Dream for African Americans throughout the country. Education was the gateway. Access to education would provide a Better Future for the children. Today that belief remains the same. Education is a pathway for future success. However access to high quality education still remains an illusions to many children. Too many African American and other people of color remain segregated in other schools and determined desperate and in later life. A huge gap in problems across the country. Add to that the concept of unconscious bias, low expectations and high expulsion and suspension rates and its so many reasons why they fall below the bar. Even in San Francisco where we have the highest performing schools we have the highest achievement gap among African American and latino students. We need to invest more in the future of our young people. In 1964, dr. King said, the richest nation on earth has never allocated sufficient schools to allocate teachers. We squander funds on highways, on the pur
Access to education would provide a Better Future for the children. Today that belief remains the same. Education is a pathway for future success. However access to high quality education still remains an illusions to many children. Too many African American and other people of color remain segregated in other schools and determined desperate and in later life. A huge gap in problems across the country. Add to that the concept of unconscious bias, low expectations and high expulsion and suspension rates and its so many reasons why they fall below the bar. Even in San Francisco where we have the highest performing schools we have the highest achievement gap among African American and latino students. We need to invest more in the future of our young people. In 1964, dr. King said, the richest nation on earth has never allocated sufficient schools to allocate teachers. We squander funds on highways, on the pursuit of recreation, on the over abundance of over kill arm meant but we pop ris
Segregated in other schools and determined desperate and in later life. A huge gap in problems across the country. Add to that the concept of unconscious bias, low expectations and high expulsion and suspension rates and its so many reasons why they fall below the bar. Even in San Francisco where we have the highest performing schools we have the highest achievement gap among African American and latino students. We need to invest more in the future of our young people. In 1964, dr. King said, the richest nation on earth has never allocated sufficient schools to allocate teachers. We squander funds on highways, on the pursuit of recreation, on the over abundance of over kill arm meant but we pop rise education. Even those these words were 50 years ago, the truth remains the same. We need to invest in the future of our children. Educational equity meansen insuring that every child has an at some point for success. Its taking a stand on unfair policies. Educational equity also means figh