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How can being bilingual be an asset for white students and a deficit for immigrants?

The Hechinger Report

We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”. The same is true of the Muñiz Academy, which opened in 2012 as the city’s first such high school. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”. We talk about [our dual-language school] as a revolution. Read more about immigration.

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APSA Member Spotlight: Dr. Timothy Lewis, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Political Science Now

Lewis (he/him/his) is an identity politics researcher, social justice activist, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. I am a social justice activist in the traditions of W.E.B. His research has also bolstered his intellectual activism.

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Universities try to catch up to their growing Latinx populations

The Hechinger Report

It closed its child care center in 2012, citing low demand. based advocacy group Excelencia in Education, said universities need to go beyond that sort of passive outreach, especially for students who may be hesitant to seek out help. “We Debra Santiago, CEO, Excelencia in Education. But Debra Santiago, CEO of the D.C.-based

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

The spring 2024 issue offers a collection of articles and other resources on teaching about Palestine-Israel amid the growing attack on social justice education. Books Social Justice Books list of titles for K-12 and educators on Palestine. Rethinking Schools : Teach Palestine.

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Support Betsy DeVos, shoot yourself in the foot

The Hechinger Report

In Indiana, thanks to DeVos’ funding of advocacy organizations and her financial contributions to political campaigns, then-Gov. As an administrator in a Michigan college in 2012, I witnessed black organizations prey on black families’ desperation for change, and make Detroit students into the poster children for reform.

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College student voting is way up

The Hechinger Report

Americans ages 18 to 24 have historically voted in very low proportions — 15 to 20 percentage points below the rest of the population as recently as the presidential election years of 2008 and 2012 , with an even bigger gap in the 2010 midterm s, according to the U.S. Social media has a huge impact. Census Bureau.