The Student Body Is Deaf and Diverse. The School’s Leadership Is Neither.

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The Student Body Is Deaf and Diverse. The School’s Leadership Is Neither.

More than 30 years after a groundbreaking protest at Gallaudet University in Washington, questions about leadership at a school for the deaf in Atlanta have been further compounded by race.

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Students at the Atlanta Area School for the Deaf protested outside of their school in September, shortly after the school hired a white hearing superintendent.Credit…Trinity Arreola

By Amanda Morris

Oct. 26, 2021

Student protests over the hiring of a white hearing superintendent have roiled a school for the deaf that serves mostly Black and Hispanic students in the Atlanta area and have focused attention on whether school leaders should better reflect the identities of their students.

The Atlanta Area School for the Deaf, run by the Georgia Department of Education, is one of two public schools for the deaf in Georgia and serves roughly 180 [...]

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