Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

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.

Heritage 59

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum 59

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

But some researchers fear this gene screening work could be misapplied and used to further racist or eugenic thinking, even though race is a social, not a genetic, classification. In 2016, this score could explain about 5 percent of the variation in the level of education completed. Gifted Education’s Race Problem.

Ancestry 66

Ancestry Social Justice Research Tutoring 66

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

However, we’re convinced that the success of this class is owed to our ability to build a community based on nurturing shared interests in politics and social justice – along with deep reservoirs of trust nurtured during two months of pre-pandemic, in-person classes.

Civic Engagement 145

Civic Engagement Social Justice Economics Civics 145

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

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.

Education 145

Education Social Justice Economics Elementary School 145

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 2, 2018

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.

Education 100

Education Social Justice Humanities Cultures 100

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

on February 23, 2016, an incendiary email landed on a nonprofit listserv, blasting a federal program that many of the listserv’s members rely on to bring high-speed internet to low-income and rural Americans. “But The EBS slice of spectrum is further obscured by a history that actually predates the internet. Photo: Clay Williams.

Library 101

Library Social Justice Digital Resources Middle School 101

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

New York City Deputy Mayor Richard Buery greets Chirlane McCray, the city’s first lady, at the awards ceremony and celebration in honor of Black History Month at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City on February 23, 2017. Photo: Andy Katz/Pacific Press via ZUMA Wire. Loeb is white and Buery is black.

Charter School 81

Charter School Social Justice Museum Leadership 81

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. Daily Messenger newspaper archives at the Carnegie Library of Homestead explain that history. It was reprinte with permission.

Social Justice 59

Social Justice Elementary School Archiving Library 59

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

In August, Michigan history teacher James Gorman watched televised images of torch-bearing white supremacists marching on the University of Virginia in Charlottesville and decided to use the incident to teach his students about similar events that happened in a divided United States 150 years ago. history when black lives mattered.”.

Teaching 108

Teaching Primary Sources K-12 History 108

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

In 2016 not a single child at “North,” as locals call it, tested proficient in math according to the state’s education department. But he also sees in the school’s decline a long history of white leaders, conservative and liberal, repeatedly asking black families to accept failure for their children. As racial separation in U.S.

Charter School 110

Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 110

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump looks on as Betsy DeVos, his nominee for Secretary of Education, speaks at the DeltaPlex Arena, December 9, 2016 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Related: A professor’s proposed Black History Month course for one student: President Donald Trump. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images.

Social Justice 90

Social Justice Advocacy Public School Private School 90

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 8, 2017

President-elect Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos pose for a photo after their meeting at Trump International Golf Club, November 19, 2016 in Bedminster Township, New Jersey. Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images. President-elect Trump promised to put school choice at the top of the new administration’s agenda.

Social Justice 78

Social Justice Private School Charter School Public School 78

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

That proportion was up by more than 8 percentage points from 2016 , and has been closing in on the voting rate for adults of all ages. A survey in 2016 found that one in five students who were registered to vote but didn’t cast ballots said it was because they had issues with or didn’t think they could use their IDs. Census Bureau.

Political Science 137

Political Science Civics Government Social Justice 137