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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

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and World History teacher at Art in Motion School in Chicago. History class during the 2014-2015 academic year. Gariecia Rose: a current World History and Government/American Law teacher at Glenbard East High School in Lombard, Illinois. History class. Victoria was in my U.S. Photo courtesy of Winchester.

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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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A school where character matters as much as academics

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Unlike algebra or world history, there is no bubble sheet by which to judge students’ soft skills, let alone evaluate their growth over time. Daniel Escobar, a 2019 Capital City graduate who plans to attend Washington Adventist University in the fall. In my family, a lot of people don’t really graduate from high school.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

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From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. King calls “ diaspora literacy ” to contend with the reflection of white supremacy in my paternal lineage and its connection to world history. My wife and I chose Aniefuna because in studying Black history, we learned that our land was never lost.

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

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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. Learning about the warming planet left her feeling like she “was being suffocated,” she said. There are reasons to be optimistic.

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‘They’re so weary’: Louisiana teachers recover from back-to-back hurricanes during the pandemic

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She drives over an hour each way to teach world history at LaGrange High School in Lake Charles. Louisiana averaged 441 students per counselor during the 2018-2019 school year. “You could look up and see the sky,” she said. Mold started to grow on the walls, and then the second storm let more water in.

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When typical middle school antics mean suspensions, handcuffs or jail

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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. In January 2019, a Columbia, Missouri, girl arrested by mistake after a fight in her middle school’s hallway was jailed overnight.