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OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools

The Hechinger Report

history and civics curriculum to be more inclusive and equitable? Now, a new annual report about attitudes toward Asian Americans from the advocacy organization LAAUNCH has provided some disturbing answers to some of these questions. We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history and culture in the U.S.

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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

NEW YORK — There’s a new look to history classes in New York City schools: a curriculum in Asian American and Pacific Islander history. history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum. Now, they say, it’s time for their history classes, educators and textbooks to catch up. KELLEN ZENG.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Today, courses at all grade levels include Indigenous history, numeracy, land-based science and language classes in Keres, Lakota, Navajo, Tiwa, Spanish and Zuni. Last year, nearly 80 percent of graduates enrolled in college, up from 65 percent for the class of 2022. Credit: Sharon Chischilly for The Hechinger Report.

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What Does It Take to Put Inclusive Curriculum Legislation Into Practice?

ED Surge

In the wake of the Atlanta Spa shootings and a surge in violence against Asian Americans throughout the pandemic, Illinois made history by becoming the first state to mandate that Asian American history be taught in public K-12 schools beginning in the 2022-23 school year. Let’s get them to recognize there is an absence.”

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Colleges Are Missing Out on Students Who Start — But Don’t Finish — Their Applications

ED Surge

Lozada, 21, now assists students preparing for college at her high school alma mater, the Facing History School several blocks away from John Jay. During the 2021-2022 school year, the latest year for which data is available, the nationwide average was 408-to-1. Their advocacy work has already begun, one high school senior at a time.

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Caring for and through Language: Tibetan Refugees and Heritage Language Education in Canada

Anthropology News

Recent world migration reports note that, by the end of 2022, the total number of refugees was the highest ever recorded with modern statistical techniques. The translocal nature of Tibetan diasporic kinship bonds has a history that extends beyond current transnational migrations. Who should care about a refugee’s language?

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The newest form of school discipline: Kicking kids out of class and into virtual learning

The Hechinger Report

Louis, Missouri, she had a long history of disrupting her classes and getting into confrontations with teachers. Louis, in the spring of 2022. After a fight broke out involving two of her children and other classmates in October 2022, Crawford and her lawyers say all five of her kids were placed on virtual learning.