2020 Social Justice Social Studies 
Dangerously Irrelevant
JUNE 5, 2020
As a history major in college and former Social Studies teacher, I am aware of the racial abuses that have permeated our nation’s history and continue to be present. Books: School leadership for social justice. 2020 curriculum resource guide , Black Lives Matter. By themselves, they are not enough.
The Hechinger Report
SEPTEMBER 28, 2021
A year ago, a Pennsylvania school board voted to ban a long list of books and other materials relating to race and social justice. Texas’ legislation on teaching social studies , adopted in June, reflects this conservative critique. This principle applies without regard to the political basis for censorship.
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C3 Teachers
MAY 23, 2022
Therefore, when I learned that I would be teaching a social studies assessment course as part of a cross-content assessment course this spring, I started thinking about some of the tension points surrounding not only teacher education, but also student assessment. 6; Love, 2019).
The Hechinger Report
MAY 9, 2022
How can tests actually promote social justice? I used to teach social studies and every assessment had Thomas Jefferson on it. When I first went back to grad school, I studied what was the equivalent of social justice at Emory. He designed the logo for the Center for Measurement Justice.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2023
This year, The Hechinger Report spent time in three different high school classrooms where teachers have prioritized Black history in this contentious political climate, to learn how African American history studies has changed over the years and what it might look like for students to receive a substantive, nuanced education on the topic.
Cult of Pedagogy
MARCH 6, 2025
That is our social justice call to action during these times.” Practice 4: Identity Work In Gholdy Muhammad’s 2020 book, Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy , she introduces a framework she built with Black students in mind, but that would benefit all students.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 9, 2021
Her seventh grade social studies class, like every other in Jefferson County Public Schools, the largest school district in Kentucky, would be online. Hi, I’m Amia Bridgeford, your student’s social studies teacher. In 2020, Louisville witnessed its highest homicide count on record, with 173 deaths.
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