The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2019

There’s more consensus about what it is not: a checklist, or an annual celebration, like Black History Month. The 2018 Delaware teacher of the year, she has become a regional leader in the effort to expand culturally responsive teaching, and she pushed for last fall’s mandatory training. It’s our responsibility to students.”.

Cultures 112

Cultures Social Justice High School Pedagogy 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

The school’s PTSA had zero assets or income as of 2018, according to a local public radio report. “I 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 We are a lip-service city and not everyone feels comfortable doing that.”.

Public School 145

Public School K-12 Education Elementary School 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Raoul Contreras, a professor who leads the Latino studies program housed in the minority studies department, notes that in the last year, the school cut a Puerto Rican history class he taught.

Social Justice 109

Social Justice High School Tutoring Advocacy 109

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Almost 1 in 10 of the state’s educators left the classroom from 2010 to 2018. Paul, Minnesota, native, studied Spanish and history at Marquette University in Wisconsin. At Stuart Academy, students scored lower in math, reading and science during the 2018-19 academic year compared to other middle schools in the district.

Middle School 136

Middle School Heritage Social Justice Teaching 136

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 102

Teaching Primary Sources History K-12 102

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

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. 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.”.

Charter School 98

Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 98

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Despite our school’s commitment to social justice and our district’s prioritization of equity, there were still staff members who were unwilling to voice public support for all students. To put this into context, that number was just 41 bills in the whole of 2018.

Education 115

Education K-12 Advocacy Government 115

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

The class of 2018 didn’t fare much better. And although white and black students make up a similar proportion of Mississippi’s student population, white students were more than twice as likely to attend one of Mississippi’s 31 A-rated school districts this year, according to 2018-19 enrollment data.

Private School 142

Private School High School Public School Economics 142

Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Alison McQueen is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Political Science and History (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Her research focuses on early modern political theory and the history of International Relations Thought. She is the author of Political Realism in Apocalyptic Times (Cambridge University Press, 2018).

Political Science 72

Political Science Social Science Economics Government 72

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Credit: Yunuen Bonaparte for The Hechinger Report McAndrew gives particular credit for the rising numbers of young voters to the gun-safety organization March for Our Lives, founded by survivors of the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, in Parkland, Florida, that killed 17. Social media has a huge impact.

Political Science 119

Political Science Civics Government Social Justice 119