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Activist students go to summer camp to learn how to help institute a ‘green new deal’ on their campuses

The Hechinger Report

This past winter, she attended a precursor event to the camp in Philadelphia, at which students got an introduction to the Sunrise Movement and climate advocacy. Rajbhandari said he’s witnessed a big shift in the level of advocacy for schools and climate since he attended his first Sunrise event in 2019, a protest at the Idaho state capitol.

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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

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For Zeng, it was clear that the problems with the way world history was taught at her school bled through into the teaching of U.S. To change the way this history is taught, instruction must place Eurocentric perspectives of world history under a critical lens, Zeng said. A more inclusive U.S.

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When typical middle school antics mean suspensions, handcuffs or jail

The Hechinger Report

In a recent survey drawing responses from 1,219 teachers and conducted by the charter schools advocacy organization the Thomas B. That means they’re not “reading Mark Twain and Shakespeare and Maya Angelou,” taking algebra or learning world history, said Raymond Pierce, president of the Southern Education Foundation.