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How to keep dual-language programs from being gentrified by English speaking families

The Hechinger Report

In 2011, one mother filed a complaint with the Cambridge Human Rights Commission, alleging that Amigos no longer served the Hispanic community. Penn Loh, a lecturer at Tufts University, said that in his son’s class at that time, only two of 44 children qualified for free and reduced lunch.

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What Asian American Educator Stories Reveal About Racial Nuances Within ‘People of Color’

ED Surge

But within those blanket terms to describe “minorities” are dozens of cultures with unique heritages, ethnicities, and geographic locations. offer succinct conceptual frameworks in their 2022 book : “The Racialized Experiences of Asian American Teachers in the US: Applications of Asian Critical Race Theory to Resist Marginalization.”[ii]

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At Moms for Liberty’s national summit, a singular focus on anti-trans issues

The Hechinger Report

At the first Moms for Liberty summit, in Tampa in 2022, attendees were invited to a well-choreographed unveiling of the dangers facing children in public school — and an urgent call to get involved. The us-versus-them framing is not new. Even parents of transgender youth, she said, admit “they didn’t know how to handle it. It is OK to learn.

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