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 129

American History Cultures Social Studies Economics 129

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 115

Oral History History High School Public School 115

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

AUGUST 31, 2021

When sports practices were abruptly canceled at his school on March 12, 2020, Michael Liao, then 17, started to worry how much the pandemic would affect his school – and particularly his upcoming theater performance. All three planned to graduate at the end of the 2020-21 school year. Mana Setayesh. Mana Setayesh. Jaden Huynh.

Charter School 127

Charter School High School Social Justice Tradition 127

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-12 132

K-12 Education Private School Charter School 132