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12 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
George Floyd saw sports as his way out.

But he was stuck in an educational system that leaves many Black students behind. wapo.st/2GPo5ZT
George Floyd's high school, pride of Houston's Third Ward, was known for sports prowess — and academic struggles that set students up for failure. wapo.st/2FkDUqC
For decades, Jack Yates High School has struggled in its central mission to educate students, a victim of a U.S. educational system that concentrates the poorest, highest-need children together. wapo.st/2FkDUqC
It was a school where teachers were flooded with students with significant needs.

So it was that students like Floyd, good kids who didn’t cause problems, could skate through academically, able to do the minimum. wapo.st/2FkDUqC

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