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Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids — and ignites controversy

The Hechinger Report

The New Civics threatens to replace traditional civics education with Neo-Marxist ‘social justice’ propaganda, vocational training for left-wing activism, and Alinsky-style community organizing techniques,” the head of the association, Peter Wood, wrote in a blog announcing the coalition.

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More students question college, putting counselors in a fresh quandary

The Hechinger Report

A Georgetown report published in October showed that from 1980 to 2019, average college costs rose 169 percent, while earnings for those aged 22 to 27 rose only 19 percent. Yusanat Tway, a sociology major at the University of Minnesota, wants to go to law school, then do human rights advocacy. “It That is an ongoing fear.”.

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Should rich families be allowed to fundraise a better public school education for their kids?

The Hechinger Report

Mothers Gwyn Hainsworth, far left, Vernee Fletcher, Jamie Zimmerman, Katy Strange and Leticia Bazemore pose at Jefferson Park in Seattle during a June 2019 soccer scrimmage. Parents from the Green Lake and Rising Star elementary schools in Seattle meet for a spaghetti dinner in late 2019. It was never about the money,” she said. “We

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Educators: We Must Be Champions for Our Trans Students

ED Surge

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. Advocacy and LGBTQIA+ rights organizations are desperate for teachers to share classroom experiences that might inform policymakers’ decisions.

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NAACP targets a new civil rights issue—reading

The Hechinger Report

It waged battles that mattered for some, “but rarely made us feel like we were having a profound impact on the system,” said Sujatha Hampton, who became chair of the committee in 2019. This story also appeared in The Washington Post. That changed in the summer of 2020. In the wake of George Floyd’s death, committee membership exploded.

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C. J. Prentiss ¡Presente!: A Path Maker for Justice

Zinn Education Project

Married for 40 plus years, they lived in North Kingsville, Ohio, and continued to support social justice causes with a focus on education. September, 2019. Prentiss served in the Ohio State Senate and Charney was a teacher and labor organizer. When we launched the Prentiss Charney Fellowship, C. Photo by Deborah Menkart.

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‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South

The Hechinger Report

Jake McGraw, of the Jackson-based William Winter Institute, a social justice and racial reconciliation group, said lawmakers thinking of solutions must acknowledge the sum of barriers outside of school in places like Holmes: poor access to health care and the lack of economic development. That is a fact. We need to acknowledge that.”.