She is now a sophomore at the University of Pittsburgh, but her high school is still stuck with biased assumptions about student potential. Despite promises to provide more challenges, not everyone at Fields’s alma mater, Columbia High, seems to understand what that means. Few districts have parent groups like the Black Parents Workshop with the insight and will to overcome ingrained low expectations. Compare Columbia High with James Hubert Blake High School in Montgomery County, Md. Those in charge at Columbia High should visit Blake High.

Source: Washington Post December 24, 2017 20:37 UTC