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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. Several findings in the report have direct implications for Asian American safety.

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In Memory of Mike Bisenius

Teaching American History

We were sad to learn last week that Mike Bisenius , a 2022 graduate of the Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program, has passed away after a brief, intense illness. Last fall we ran a story about Mike, who’d been named 2023 North Dakota History Teacher of the Year by the Gilder Lehrman Foundation.

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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. It could also help resolve the internal conflicts that many Asian Americans experience when dealing with their sense of identity. KELLEN ZENG. Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island. “At

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Anna Lenardson Loves to Learn and Teach

Teaching American History

Anna Lenardson If you ask Anna Lenardson, a 2023 graduate of Ashland University’s Master of Arts in American History and Government (MAHG) program , why she enrolled in the challenging program, she replies, “I love to learn. I loved being with other teachers, talking about history and government.”

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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year, at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in April. Autumn Rivera, 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year So many times we hear that teachers are superheroes, and I really want to disagree with that, because I'm not a superhero. Photo by Rebeccca Koenig. I'm a human being.

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7 realities for Black students in America, 70 years after Brown

The Hechinger Report

10: That’s the proportion of Black students learning in a school where more than 90 percent of their classmates were also Black , according to 2022 Department of Education data. Meanwhile, from 2000 to 2022, the percentage of white students attending a school that is 90 percent or more white fell from 44 percent to 14 percent.

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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.