The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2022

That must change now that the field has been given a tremendous opportunity: training our next generation of social justice leaders. The number of students expressing interest in fields associated with social justice has seen a monumental increase since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020.

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Social Justice Humanities Archival Research Archiving 124

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

It feels really good to say, ‘I believe in this and that,’” said Dawn Larson, a social justice and equity co-chair of the Green Lake PTA. “To Over the decades, however, local PTAs shifted their attention and efforts away from advocacy work to fundraising for individual schools. Credit: Dawn Larson.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

At IU Northwest in 2017, Latinx students like Perez had a six-year graduation rate of just 28 percent, while the graduation rate for white students was 35 percent. From 2008 to 2017, the share of Latinx students at this commuter school of roughly 4,000 rose from 13 percent to 22 percent — the highest of any public university in the state.

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Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”. In California, Shelly Spiegel-Coleman is executive director of Californians Together, an advocacy organization focused on improving educational opportunities for students learning English. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”.

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Multicultural Education Social Justice Elementary School Advocacy 111

ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Worse, four in five of these maternal deaths —based on a review of those between 2017 and 2019—were preventable. She explains that her experiences as a parent whose son didn’t receive enough early care have helped to shape her advocacy. And the problem may be getting more severe.

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EdTech Education Social Justice Advocacy 101

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

My support for vouchers,” he said, “didn’t have a damn thing to do with free-market principles … it was a social justice issue to me.”. In 2017 the school received more than $462,000 in contributions, according to IRS filings. But he saw an even greater opportunity for low-income black families in a newer idea: charter schools.

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Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 98

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 4, 2017

Demonstrators protest for transgender rights with a rally, march through the Loop and a candlelight vigil to remember transgender friends lost to murder and suicide on March 3, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. It was the most ever recorded, according to the advocacy group. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images.

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Social Justice Advocacy Human Rights Critical Thinking 54