Discriminology
Advancing Black & Brown communities by ensuring their youth have equal opportunities at success through equitable opportunities to learn.
Discriminology is an innovative web-based platform that families can easily use to compare the relative quality of local educational agencies (LEAs), within and across states. Based on widely accepted indicators of educational equity, our comprehensive school district ratings and scorecards offer up a common language for identifying quantifiable areas of growth. Giving schools a clearer picture of
What will it take to beat hate?
To effectively combat hate, we must champion a collective commitment to empathy and understanding. This begins with education that bridges cultural and racial divides, fostering an appreciation for diverse experiences and histories.
Open dialogue, where individuals actively listen to and learn from one another, is crucial. By amplifying marginalized voices, we gain insight into the lived experiences of those often targeted by prejudice and hate.
As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us, injustice to one is a threat to all. Therefore, by cultivating empathy and striving for mutual understanding, we not only challenge hate at its roots but also build a more inclusive and cohesive society.
Our Story
Discriminology is a technology company, built and owned by Black teachers, researchers, and engineers. We work with community organizations to build and refine scalable technologies that enhance the capacity of families in holding their local schools accountable.
Our work is centered around developing the social and digital tools that allow families, schools, and other educational stakeholders to visualize clearly the racial disparities that still exist in our public education system.
For example, we have aggregated, cleaned, and cataloged existing school accountability data from over 90,000 public and charter schools across the country using the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Education and other reliable data sources to build a comprehensive source file that is currently being used by our school accountability report card tool.
Discriminology report cards empower families of color and other education stakeholders by clearly visualizing the disproportionate burden that exclusionary discipline and other discriminatory policies have on Black and Brown children. Using an evidence-informed equity perspective, school data is presented in a way so that the average family can easily digest, absorb, and use the information. We also provide evidence-based strategies for promoting equitable learning opportunities and incentivize families and community members to rate their school on these categories.
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