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Katherine Thrailkill’s Mentor Led Her to MAHG

Teaching American History

Lindblom is the 2013 Arizona Teacher of the Year and a 2014 Graduate of the MAHG program. The course would prepare students for her fast-paced junior-level AP American History class. It would give them time to think about American principles while learning to read primary documents. I feel like I won the teacher lottery!”

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Online learning can open doors for kids in juvenile jails

The Hechinger Report

In Illinois, District 428 awarded 73 high school diplomas in 2017, up from 65 in 2013 when there were twice as many juveniles in the system and their average stay was longer. There are also monthly themes that drive lessons and activities — African-American history in February, health and nutrition in March.

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Can a school save a neighborhood?

The Hechinger Report

Vaux closed in 2013 amid a wave of citywide school closures. By the time it closed in 2013 along with more than 20 other schools in the district, over three-quarters of Vaux students were not reading or performing math at grade level, according to state records. Related: How the federal government abandoned the Brown v.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

School leaders have solicited donations from local manufacturing plants, energy firms, even the federal government. Mattivi, whose eighth-grade English students discuss articles about the environment, civic life, and American history after using online literacy programs that provide similar material at different reading levels.

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If black lives matter, so do historically black colleges and universities

The Hechinger Report

People who know American history, specifically black history, don’t ask if we need HBCUs. But Rising’s main contribution to history is how it properly situates the role that black colleges played in the civil rights movement. Grand Valley State University professor in 2013 in the academic e-journal Education Policy.

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The Condemnation of Blackness: Lies We’re Told About Crime

Zinn Education Project

Coming out of the end of slavery, Black people made their freedom dreams manifest in attempts to own property, to negotiate their own labor agreements, to build institutions, to take their role in governance, both in state legislative houses as well as in Congress. 14, 2013: Jonathan Ferrell Killed by Police Aug. They went nowhere.

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What education could look like under Trump and Vance

The Hechinger Report

On his campaign website, he pledged to cut funding for state universities in Ohio that teach critical race theory and “to force our schools to give an honest, patriotic account of American history.” — C.P. In a video posted to his campaign site, Trump pledges to “fire” existing accrediting agencies.

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