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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

Gariecia was in my Sociology of Class, Gender, and Race elective during the 2016-2017 academic year. John Lee: currently an Asian American Studies, World Religions, Civics and Modern World History teacher at Niles West High School in Skokie, Ilinois. Paula Katrina, Victoria & Gariecia are all Golden Apple Scholars.

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OPINION: America’s common narrative exists — and it must include Muslims and refugees

The Hechinger Report

Memorial opened in 2011, and 2016 saw the National Museum of African American History and Culture , in a dark building across the street from the shining white obelisk of the Washington Monument. In 2017, American civil religion stands at a crossroads. We have not absorbed September 11, 2001 , nor the elections of 2008 or 2016.

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