The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

Education is a tool for social justice.”. Education is a tool for social justice. Sydney Chaffee, 2017’s National Teacher of the Year, is ninth-grade humanities teacher at Codman Academy Charter Public School of Dorchester, Massachusetts. It can empower students to stand up for themselves and create change.

Social Justice 99

Social Justice Education Tradition History 99

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 144

Civic Engagement Social Justice Economics Civics 144

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

From 2003 and 2017, researchers found that suicide rates rose among Black youth of all ages — with the biggest increase seen among the 15- to 17-year-olds, according to an article published in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Paul Quinn’s clinic boasts a staff mainly composed of three women of color.

Social Justice 80

Social Justice Research High School Education 80

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 In 2017, she co-authored a report that found some of the richest PTAs collected nearly $2,000 per student. We are a lip-service city and not everyone feels comfortable doing that.”.

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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.

Social Justice 109

Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 15, 2018

In the fall of 2017, there were 2.6 Recently, college campuses across the nation have witnessed an exciting awakening in the importance of diversity and social justice, but in the wake of recent student discourse on campus, it appears that more work needs to be done. colleges and universities has dropped.

Social Justice 79

Social Justice Critical Thinking Economics Education 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Management has been denying resources from its schools, and ended 2018 spending $1 million LESS in staff salary costs for program services than in 2017,” said a press release from the Chicago Teachers Union , citing an audit it said was provided by the network’s management.

Charter School 99

Charter School Primary Sources Social Justice Museum 99

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

In late 2017, she was laid off. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue. After her pay rose by just $1.60 an hour in five years, she took an administrative job at an automotive manufacturer that assembled car headlamps. Should you not get college credit just because we don’t teach it here?”.

Economics 143

Economics Sociology Social Justice High School 143

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”. Hardy hopes that Massachusetts’ own nascent Seal of Biliteracy program will help her find more allies to push a new bill in 2017. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”. We talk about [our dual-language school] as a revolution.

Multicultural Education 111

Multicultural Education Social Justice Elementary School Advocacy 111

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 10, 2024

For displays and/or readings of banned books, Teaching for Change’s Social Justice Books offers a list of recommended titles. With thousands of books banned, Social Justice Books has selected titles that address social issues , such as When Wilma Rudolph Played Basketball.

Education 52

Education Library Social Justice K-12 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

In a 2017 study published by the Institute of Labor Economics, researchers found that low- income black male elementary school students who were paired with a black teacher in the third, fourth, or fifth grades were 39 percent less likely to drop out of high school.

Education 145

Education Social Justice Economics Elementary School 145

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. And the problem may be getting more severe. A recent study has shown a rise in “maternal care deserts” —areas without access to adequate maternal care—even more strongly linking the location of birth to access to care.

EdTech 102

EdTech Education Social Justice Advocacy 102

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Various theories circulate among researchers as to why mental health has been declining, including the influence of social media, changing parenting styles, and a seemingly unstable world confronting climate change, social justice, and political polarization. The National Association of School Psychologists was formed in 1969.

Social Justice 112

Social Justice K-12 High School Psychology 112

Sapiens

JANUARY 17, 2024

Most active harm reduction organizations are social justice organizations. At the 6th Street Harm Reduction Center operated by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, a staff member disposed of used sharps in 2017. Neither is the case. The organization provides clean syringes and other supplies for safer injections.

Social Justice 80

Social Justice Government History Research 80

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

It’s the middle of my first year back in the classroom after a year away as the 2017 National Teacher of the Year. While on my journey, I observed three patterns in particular that I’d like to share: Teacher leadership, social and emotional learning, and fellowship. Fellowship. Sign up for our newsletter.

Social Justice 92

Social Justice Leadership Middle School Public School 92

Edthena

MARCH 26, 2021

It’s an effort that calls on educators to “teach a more accurate history that commonly goes untold: the role of grassroots activists and women, nuanced portraits of leaders like Parks and King, and racial and social justice battles that link the past to contemporary issues of inequality,” writes Melinda D. Anderson, a journalist.

American History 52

American History Social Justice K-12 Professional Development 52

Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

Only 58 percent of middle schools and 25 percent of elementary schools offer a foreign language in 2008, according to a 2017 report by the Commission on Language Learning, which was formed in response to a request by Congress to look deeper into foreign language learning in the United States. Most students in the U.S.

K-12 74

K-12 Social Justice Elementary School Cultures 74

Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

President Jokowi Widodo, more commonly known as ”Jokowi,” and Vice President Jusuf Kalla surprised the public when attending Indonesia’s 2017 State of the Union Address (SOTU) by wearing traditional attire. The 2017 Jakarta election left a discernible impact on President Jokowi’s political strategies for managing diversity.

Cultures 84

Cultures Heritage Tradition Government 84

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Service is key, so projects often involve themes of social justice and community improvement. Campbell and Sydney Chaffee, the 2017 Massachusetts teacher of the year, think the partnership with Boston’s Huntington Theatre is particularly valuable for Codman students. The EL slogan is, “We are crew, not passengers.”.

K-12 49

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 49

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. Look to either the 2017 Johns Hopkins’ study “Who Believes in Me? Why this should matter?

Charter School 73

Charter School Social Justice Museum Leadership 73

Society for Classical Studies

JANUARY 1, 2024

For many scholars, Professor James was the first person to introduce them to issues of social justice in research: how even the choice of a topic can be political, how to work with what we have and to try to learn more about what we do not, and why it even matters in the first place.

Pedagogy 52

Pedagogy Social Justice Leadership Tradition 52

The Hechinger Report

MAY 29, 2017

According the 2017 Living Wage Calculator out of MIT, a family of 3 to 4 individuals necessitates a minimum annual salary of $46,000. In wages adjusted for inflation, Arizona elementary teachers are making 11 percent less now than they were in 2001. Patterns for middle and high school teachers are similar.

K-12 85

K-12 Social Justice Teaching Public School 85

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2017

This issue constitutes a new civil right: the right to digital equity,” concluded a June 2017 report on the “homework gap” from the Consortium for School Networking. Related: Many low-income families get on the Internet with smartphones or tablets. That matters. Here’s why.

Library 87

Library Social Justice Digital Resources Middle School 87

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Spring 2017. Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice. Anyone who saw more people at the 2017 presidential inauguration than President Barack Obama’s inaugurations and the Women’s March on Washington has been placed in the remedial math section of this class.

History 74

History Museum American History Social Justice 74

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.

Charter School 98

Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 98

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 14, 2018

To inform his lessons, Gorman chose a curriculum called Teach Reconstruction created by the Zinn Education Project, a collaboration between social justice education nonprofits Teaching for Change, based in Washington, D.C. The program was also offered in 2016 and 2017. and Rethinking Schools, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Teaching 102

Teaching Primary Sources History K-12 102

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. Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice. Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images.

Social Justice 54

Social Justice Advocacy Human Rights Critical Thinking 54

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The spring 2024 issue offers a collection of articles and other resources on teaching about Palestine-Israel amid the growing attack on social justice education. Books Social Justice Books list of titles for K-12 and educators on Palestine. Rethinking Schools : Teach Palestine.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

She resorted to an English major and returned to Holmes County in the summer of 2017 with her bachelor’s degree. Majoring in elementary education was her Plan B, but she eventually had to drop that, too, when she couldn’t pass the math section of the state’s certification exam after repeated attempts. That is a fact.

Private School 142

Private School High School Public School Economics 142

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Her research explores the causes and consequences of political violence and repression, warfare dynamics, nationalism, and transitional justice after conflict. Cambridge University Press published her first book, Rivalry and Revenge: the Politics of Violence during Civil War in 2017.

Political Science 72

Political Science Social Science Economics Government 72