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The Allen-Stevenson School Separates Students Into Affinity Groups and Utilizes Pollyanna Racial Literacy Curriculum In Class
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The Allen-Stevenson School, a private K-8 school for boys, features a “Community Life + Diversity” program that offers various race-based affinity groups for students, including “BOCAS: Boys of Color at Allen-Stevenson” and “WISE: White Identifying Students for Equity.”
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The school also has multiple faculty and staff groups separated between staff of color and white “antiracist” educators, including:
- “GSA: Gender & Sexuality Alliance”
- “FSoC: Faculty & Staff of Color”
- “WARE: White Anti-Racist Educators”
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The school’s Community Life + Diversity page also includes links for Social Justice and Racial Equity readings including works by Ibram X Kendi:
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In an interview with the school’s chair of Diversity Jennifer Vermont-Davis, back in February of 2021, Vermont-Davis describes how the school is incorporating Pollyanna Racial Literacy programs in the school curriculum:
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