The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. I wish I kept notes, but maybe close to April 2020, I realized this wouldn’t be so hard on kids. I came to this country at a very young age, but I still [had] very traditional Mexican parents. GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA.

Oral History 114

Oral History History High School Public School 114

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 7, 2024

I hear echoes of this argument when, for instance, Trump blamed Howard Zinn’s writing for inciting the riots during the 2020 uprising. It’s astonishing because what it turned out to be was that there was a tradition, a new tradition then, of counting the alumni of Black colleges in terms of their crime statistics.

Primary Sources 98

Primary Sources History Economics K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

It’s in this tradition that we must continue to demand that our leaders and our schools embrace these values, too. I’m encouraging you to put the events of 2020 into the context of our legacy. Likewise, we must exercise our creed that it takes a village to raise a child, that we are indeed our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers.

American History 128

American History Cultures Social Studies Economics 128

Teaching American History

OCTOBER 29, 2024

The election set a precedent for the peaceful transfer of power so authoritative that it has been broken only twice in our history, after the elections of 1860 and 2020. Most recently, for example, Congress modified the Electoral Vote Count Act to make a repeat of 2020 less likely. What lessons can we draw from this story?

Government 79

Government American History History Tradition 79

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

Money is siphoned from traditional public schools and towards a diverse array of unregulated for-profit and private providers. Coupled with a steady state of 3 percent homeschooling, for the first time in American history, a majority of school-aged children are not enrolled in traditional public schools.

Charter School 112

Charter School Private School Tradition Public School 112

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2021

Authors of history textbooks writing about the failed insurrection of Jan. The influence of white supremacy on American history has largely been disregarded by past and present writers, especially in accounts of the Civil War. 6, 2021 must not ignore the event’s white supremacist underpinnings.

History 145

History American History Social Studies Economics 145

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 9, 2024

You write, “Calls for greater African American access to public education, for example, were challenged by statistical arguments that education turned Black people into criminals.” I hear echoes of this argument when, for instance, Trump blamed Howard Zinn’s writing for inciting the riots during the 2020 uprising.

Primary Sources 52

Primary Sources History K-12 Economics 52

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

In 2018 he proposed cuts to the Child Care and Development Block Grant, a federal program that helps low-income families pay for child care, but ultimately approved funding increases passed by Congress in both 2018 and 2020. During a speech in June 2020, Trump called school choice the “civil rights statement of the year.” Christina A.

K-12 122

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 122