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How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice

The Hechinger Report

Tyndall turned down a bevy of offers from colleges in other states to attend Rutgers’ Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC), which brings together dozens of students each year for a residential program that combines rigorous academics with a social-justice focus. “I Eventually, he’d like to serve as either the U.S.

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How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students?

The Hechinger Report

They believe that kids, no matter what grade they are in, should learn history through an antiracist lens, not only learning about the role of white supremacy and racism in history, but doing so in a way that empowers them to pursue social justice. And they aren’t the only ones advocating the adoption of such curricula.

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How to Recognize, Avoid, and Stop Stereotype Threat in Your Class this School Year

Digital Promise

Are you decorating your room in a manner that is representative of all cultures ? Educators also should work towards learning about the backgrounds of their students so they understand students’ cultural and social norms. The NNSTOY Social Justice Book list is a great resource for building your classroom library.

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Enrollment and financial crises threaten growing list of academic disciplines

The Hechinger Report

It was two weeks before the university would be abruptly shut down by the coronavirus, and every corner of the campus seemed jampacked — except this quiet classroom, where a handful of students were studying the societies and cultures of the Caribbean. So the projects brought in teams from African studies programs who understood the culture.

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

The Hechinger Report

Nationally, 18 percent of teachers are people of color — including African-Americans, non-white Hispanics, Native Americans and Asians — according to the authors of an August 2016 report published by the Brookings Institution. The program’s emphasis on social justice has also taught him how to craft better lessons.

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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

People who speak another language score higher on tests and think more creatively , have access to a wider variety of jobs , and can more fully enjoy and participate in other cultures or converse with people from diverse backgrounds. have a shortage of qualified foreign language instructors at the K-12 level for the 2016–2017 school year.

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A case for educational reparations for the incarcerated

The Hechinger Report

We don’t like to think of social justice as a zero-sum game. Our biased criminal justice system funnels black men into prison instead of college. Eleven percent of black men in Louisiana have a college degree, compared to 25 percent of white men, according to my analysis of 2016 census data.