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Charter school leaders should talk more about racism

The Hechinger Report

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. localities.

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

DeSantis, has grown increasingly skeptical that the class will spread to other Kentucky schools, even as her politically liberal district doubles down on a commitment to African American history it made as part of a curriculum revamp in 2018. I don’t know how you really cherry-pick what you’d like to cover in an AP class.

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Teaching kids how battles about race from 150 years ago mirror today’s conflicts

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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. “It’s important for students to learn about that period, especially as it relates to what is happening today.”.

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