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

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Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. 2021) Dillard’s “Spirit of Our Work” is transformative.

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Plunging NAEP scores make clear the long and difficult road ahead to pandemic recovery

The Hechinger Report

Related: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling. Related: Pace of learning back to normal during the 2021-22 pandemic school year but student achievement lags far behind. Students in 2022 are performing at a level last seen two decades ago.”.

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“It’s so hard and so challenging:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling

The Hechinger Report

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. It returned to full-time, in-person school for all students — with mandatory masking — for the 2021-22 school year. The requirements listed below relate to whether masks are required in school buildings. metro area.

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Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff

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Preston-west Philadelphia 05: Like many non-selective high schools in Philadelphia, West Philadelphia High has a relatively low graduation rate, 67 percent in 2021. The graduation rate remained steady, and even rose to 67 percent in 2021. Related: ‘It’s so hard and so challenging’: An oral history of year three of the pandemic.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

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Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. The district has been operating fully in person with masks optional since the end of the 2020-2021 school year. This spring, the district repeatedly dropped and then reimposed a mask mandate as Covid rates rose and fell. . Of the $162.9

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“We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

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Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. We didn’t open up for regular club until June 2021. The post “We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II appeared first on The Hechinger Report.