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EdSurge’s Year in Review: The Top 10 K-12 Stories of 2021

ED Surge

Read on for the full list of the stories most popular with readers in 2021. In response, the site rolled out new social justice initiatives and more responsive content moderation. Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon. Then, Public Education. But for some, the situation is still fraught.

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How Teach for America Crushed My Passion for Teaching

ED Surge

As a junior in college, TFA’s "mission” of ending educational inequity appealed to students like myself: hardworking and passionate about the intersection of social justice and education. Parachuting In, Unprepared for Duty During the first quarter of the 2020-2021 academic year, I needed to make my first-ever parent call.

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Curating a More Inclusive Library

Cult of Pedagogy

She is the author of the 2021 book Include ( Amazon | Bookshop ) and a co-author of the upcoming book Manga Goes to School: Cultivating Engagement and Inclusion in K-12 Settings ( Amazon | Bookshop ).

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NAACP targets a new civil rights issue—reading

The Hechinger Report

By 2021, it had committed to its most ambitious goal yet: overhauling the way Fairfax County Public Schools teaches students to read and supports struggling readers. The district gave all kindergarten through second-grade teachers scripted lesson plans featuring phonics. This story also appeared in The Washington Post.