Black Students Face Higher Rates of Racist Bullying in Schools
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on November 3, 2023
Breana Calloway stood in front of the Illinois State Senate in March to testify in favor of the Racism Free Schools Act.
It passed the Senate unanimously, passed through the House, and was signed into law in August.
Calloway, a principal-in-training in Chicago and a former Teach Plus Fellow, worked with her cohort to pass the act, which she says “puts something on the books to protect staff and students from racial harassment.”
The goal was to distinguish racial harassment from bullying, because bullying . . .
