2014 Humanities Social Justice 
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 27, 2016
At Swarthmore, a school of 1,581 in Pennsylvania that is 6 percent black, protests have exposed divides on the sylvan campus, particularly in the aftermath of public vigils for Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two unarmed black men killed by police in 2014. But some students feel they have not gone far enough. Next stop, college. “It
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 6, 2016
Elizabeth Pérez, a new teacher joining PUC Schools through the Alumni Teach Project, and her mentor, humanities teacher Joe Garza, during a training session in July. The program’s emphasis on social justice has also taught him how to craft better lessons. Photo: Jamie Martines.
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ED Surge
MARCH 27, 2023
Code Next was launched by Google in 2016 in response to the stubbornly low numbers of people of color working in tech — only 3 percent of Google’s tech employees were Black or Latino back in 2014. Code Next is a perfect example of how better spaces can create social justice,” Kurani said.
Anthropology News
JULY 17, 2024
First, Sinovuyo described Launch’s distinct approach to life orientation (LO), a compulsory subject added to the national curriculum during the transition from apartheid that focuses on the study of self and society through lessons on personal and social development, civics and human rights, health, and career readiness.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 5, 2021
Adults with workplace skills such as human resources training or financial management deserve credit for such college-level learning, said Mathew Bergman, an associate professor at the University of Louisville who is a national expert in adult learning and teaches in the program. “If
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 14, 2020
Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. In 2014, a group of Buffalo parents filed a racial discrimination complaint with the U.S. One disadvantage is that — human nature being what it is — sometimes such programs get tagged as second-best.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 13, 2018
She dropped out of school and after what she describes as an “intentional overdose” in 2014, wound up in a rehab facility near the campus in New Brunswick, just down the street from fraternity row. Related: How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter.
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