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How to find minority teachers who want to stay in the job?

The Hechinger Report

Together, PUC and LMU designed a program that is centered on social justice theory and includes a focus on how teachers can create more equitable schools and classrooms, according to Leslie Chang, PUC Schools superintendent for instruction and leadership.

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

Political Science Now

Timothy Lewis APSA Member since 2014-Present Associate Professor Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Dr. Timothy E. Lewis (he/him/his) is an identity politics researcher, social justice activist, and Associate Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

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For adults returning to college, ‘free’ tuition isn’t enough

The Hechinger Report

If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue. Tennessee, which in 2014 created “Tennessee Promise,” the first statewide free tuition program for high school graduates , and has run “Tennessee Reconnect” for adults returning to higher education since 2018, has useful lessons. Reilly’s first day is Aug.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

We hope students of Asian or Pacific Islander heritage share their experiences and their cultural traditions with their peers, and teachers include the contributions of Asian and Pacific Americans to our collective history in lessons this month. Mostly forgotten by history, thousands of Chinese immigrants, who came to the U.S.

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In Memoriam: Dr. Boris E. Ricks, Associate Professor of Political Science at California State University, Passes Away

Political Science Now

He began attending in the APSA Teaching and Learning Conference in 2008 and served as a track moderator starting in 2011-2014 for the Diversity, Inclusiveness, and Equality Track. Within this framework, he concentrated on key concepts such as power, conflict, social justice, equality, relative deprivation, and representation.

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The educational value of a black teacher

The Hechinger Report

If this is our chance to reimagine schools , remembering this history and prioritizing the protection of the black teaching force will be essential to create better places for black students to learn. Multiple violations culminated in out-of-school suspensions.

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The Politics and Limits of Aspiration

Anthropology News

These schools often frame their efforts in social justice terms. For example, Launch’s manual states that “encouraging high aspirations in all our students” is meant to “reverse the social engineering of apartheid.” Driven by this critique, he returned to Launch as a history teacher with aims to help “decolonize classrooms.”

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