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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 Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

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New faces on campus: Students of all races welcome first black presidents to largely white colleges

The Hechinger Report

Data show there is plenty of room for improvement in leadership ranks: The most recent survey of 1,662 U.S. It is not logical that students at a social justice-oriented school are learning the complexities of race and socioeconomic status in an environment that is majority white and upper-class.”. percent of the U.S.

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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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OPINION: Police reform is useless unless it helps those in prison, too

The Hechinger Report

Seeing a need to balance the scales, in 2016, several members of Monroe’s 70-year-old Hispanic Culture Group, myself included, formed an organization aimed at creating educational opportunities for a demographic that seemed forgotten by everybody else.

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Lessons from NOLA: Ailing Mississippi district should be wary of charter schools

The Hechinger Report

The ( Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) is short by $172 million statewide for 2016-17. Lawyers with the Southern Poverty Law Center, an anti-hate and social justice group that fights for equal access to education, agree that charters present a risk. To their credit, JPS has shown an ability to do more with less.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

The third-generation Japanese American congresswoman was a trailblazer who advocated for women’s rights, civil rights, education, and social justice. In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. Inc, according to ilctr.org.

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TEACHER VOICE: Three classroom trends gain ground

The Hechinger Report

While on my journey, I observed three patterns in particular that I’d like to share: Teacher leadership, social and emotional learning, and fellowship. Teacher leadership. Administrators shared leadership with teachers, trusting their expertise and leaning on them to drive change from within the school. Fellowship.