Want to close the so-called "achievement gap"? This gap--better described as the opportunity gap--would quickly narrow if standards were added about analyzing the continuity of the American judicial system in excluding Black jurors and acquitting people who murder African Americans--from Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin and beyond.  When you teach students about the major issues …

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