How the Murder of George Floyd Changed K-12 Schooling: A Collection
The murder of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer on May 25, 2020, sparked mass protests across the nation over the ways public and private institutions systematically discriminate against Black people. School districts in some communities have been pushed to disband or overhaul policing and discipline practices that disproportionately target Black students, rewrite curriculum to include more voices from people of color, and diversify their teaching force.
This collection details school leaders’ fitful efforts to respond to Black Lives Matter protestors’ demands.
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Andre Spicer, center, carries his son Joziah, 5, on his shoulders during a youth-led demonstration calling for an end to racial injustice and accountability for police Saturday, June 20, 2020, in Los Angeles.
— Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
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High school students and supporters rally near New York City Hall, calling for police-free schools and improved education resources on June 25, 2020, in New York.
— Bebeto Matthews/AP
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High school students unfurl banners on the steps of Tweed Court, during a rally near City Hall calling for police-free schools and defunding the NYPD on June 25, 2020, in New York.
— Bebeto Matthews/AP
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Graduates of Nathan Hale High School and other schools wear caps and gowns as they take part in a Black Lives Matter March, march, Monday, June 15, 2020, in Seattle.
— Ted S. Warren/AP
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A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest to demand the defunding of the Los Angeles school district police outside of the school board headquarters on June 23, 2020, in Los Angeles.
— Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
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Protesters raise their hands as they march over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor on June 1, 2020, in Louisville, Ky.
— Darron Cummings/AP
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Demonstrators gather to protest for George Floyd during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Buffalo Grove park District's Spray 'N Play in Buffalo Grove, Ill. on June 4, 2020.
— Nam Y. Huh/AP
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Graduates of Nathan Hale High School and other schools wear caps and gowns as they take part in a Black Lives Matter march on June 15, 2020, in Seattle.
— Ted S. Warren/AP
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A demonstrator holds a sign in front of the downtown skyline during a protest to demand the defunding of the Los Angeles school district police outside of the school board headquarters on June 23, 2020, in Los Angeles.
— Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
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A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest for a safe and racially-just reopening of schools on Aug. 3, 2020, in Los Angeles.
— Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP
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A "BLACK LIVES MATTER" sign is painted on Fulton Street in the Brooklyn borough of New York on June 15, 2020.
— John Minchillo/AP
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Protesters march on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York on June 4, 2020 following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
— John Minchillo/AP
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Jalen Shaw, a graduate of Fridley High School, visits the memorial site for George Floyd on June 3, 2020, in Minneapolis. Protests continued following the death of Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on Memorial Day.
— Julio Cortez/AP
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Demonstrators rally outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters on June 9, 2020 for the removal of police from schools.
— Jose M. Osorio/Chicago Tribune via TNS
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Chicago Teachers Union members and hundreds of supporters march through the Loop to call for the Chicago Board of Education to end a $33 million contract between Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Police Department on June 24, 2020.
— Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP
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Protestors in New York City rally against the death of George Floyd.
— John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPx 2020
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Brian Gardener, left, wears his middle school graduation cap and gown as he kneels with demonstrators in remembrance of George Floyd on June 13, 2020, near the White House in Washington.
— Patrick Semansky/AP
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Jaylen Lee, 4, rides his scooter and looks at signs hanging on a police fence at 16th and H Street on June 9, 2020, with his mother, near the White House in Washington, after days of protests over the death of George Floyd.
— Jacquelyn Martin/AP
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A tear runs down the cheek of MacKenzie Mitchell, one of the protest organizers among Berkner High School students, at Berkner Park on June 3, 2020, in Richardson, Texas, as protests continue after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
— Smiley N. Pool/The Dallas Morning News via AP
