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In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Teaching American History

But only a year after his I Have a Dream speech, King doubted that in his day, true equality before the law could be achieved without compensatory consideration for those deprived as a result of American slaverya category of citizens that King argued would include millions of poor whites in addition to most blacks of his day.

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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

In 2013, she, her husband and her cousin founded a nonprofit called Generations Indigenous Ways that offers after-school science programs and seasonal outdoor science camps. “If you know your culture, if you know where you come from, you’re stronger,” she said. You’re stronger minded. You learn better.”.

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2023 Institute Faculty

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She was director of exhibitions at the New York Public Library, and previously a senior content developer and interpretive planner in the New York office of the museum design firm Ralph Appelbaum Associates, where she worked on the development of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, along with other international projects.

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Not all towns are created equal, digitally

The Hechinger Report

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. And a state push to fund schools more equitably with another tax measure failed in 2013.

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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. Grand Valley State University professor in 2013 in the academic e-journal Education Policy. The business models may have to change, but they will never catch up to a rigged funding system. Sign up for our newsletter. Weekly Update.

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

Zinn Education Project

I also wanted to let folks know that we at the Zinn Education Project offer free, downloadable people’s history lessons that many of you have probably used for middle and high school students, and we also have an important report on Reconstruction that we hope you all will check out and think about how to use in your classrooms.

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What education could look like under Trump and Vance

The Hechinger Report

His campaign website says he plans to reverse any gender-affirming care policies implemented by President Joe Biden, who signed an executive order in 2022 encouraging the Departments of Education and of Health and Human Services to expand access to health care and gender-affirming care for LGBTQ+ students.

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