The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

Adapted and reprinted from Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities by Andre Perry, with permission from Brookings Institution Press, © 2020 by Brookings Institution. The post The educational value of a black teacher appeared first on The Hechinger Report.

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Education Social Justice Economics Elementary School 145

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

Ultimately, the parents agreed that the Green Lake PTA would direct 3 percent of its fundraising — $5,000 during the 2020-21 school year — directly to the Rising Star PTA and would sponsor specific events for kids and teachers during the year. We are a lip-service city and not everyone feels comfortable doing that.”.

Public School 145

Public School Education K-12 Elementary School 145

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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. A few days later, I was asked to cover for a colleague who needed to step away from the classroom.

Education 128

Education K-12 Advocacy Government 128

Sapiens

JANUARY 17, 2024

But over the past few years, overdose rates among Black Americans have increased precipitously—by 44 percent in 2020 alone. As history shows , anti-drug policies have often targeted Black drug users, who are seen as less deserving than White drug users of sympathy , help , and the benefit of the doubt. A graph from the U.S.

Social Justice 125

Social Justice Government History Research 125

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 1, 2024

Books A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Du Bois to Coretta Scott King: The Untold History of the Movement to Ban the Bomb ” by Vincent Intondi. in His Own Words 2020 segment of Democracy Now! Truthout. .:

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Social Justice History Economics Tradition 52

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.

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Charter School High School Social Justice Tradition 127

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 6, 2025

Many of the practices I have personally advocated for on Cult of Pedagogy, like calling students by their preferred names and pronouns and teaching accurate history , would likely get a teacher flagged by this policy, and right now I’m not sure what the best course of action is when it comes to these practices. So where to go from here?

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Teaching K-12 Pedagogy Social Justice 175

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

More than half of Americans ages 18 to 24 turned out for the 2020 general election , according to the U.S. Of the more than 1 million new voters it signed up in all, Vote.org says 34 percent were 18, compared to 8 percent during its 2020 voter registration drive. Census Bureau. Not all groups of students vote in equally high numbers.

Political Science 137

Political Science Civics Government Social Justice 137

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

Paul, Minnesota, native, studied Spanish and history at Marquette University in Wisconsin. Louis and Amia are Black educators in a district with a thorny, and at times painful, history of desegregation efforts that even the district’s superintendent said “isn’t equitable.” Amia, a St. Credit: Bianca Bagnarelli / for NBC News.

Middle School 139

Middle School Heritage Teaching High School 139