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Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage

Cult of Pedagogy

In 2022, we explored some of the reasons teachers are leaving the classroom , so we won’t go into them here. “It was written to appeal to Gen Z, so (it focused on) the idea of social justice, of using the classroom as a means for change, literacy as a means for change.” And so it was just like, Oh wow.

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What’s Lost When a Teacher Leaves a School

ED Surge

And in a survey administered by the National Education Association in 2022, 55 percent of teachers and support professionals who responded indicated they are thinking about leaving the profession earlier than they had planned. Preparing School Leaders Improved working conditions and community building starts with leadership.

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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. In December 2022, I decided to leave the classroom.

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Curricular Innovations in Political Science at Community Colleges: APSA’s Committee on the Status of Community Colleges Virtual Workshop Series

Political Science Now

A tenured Professor at the College of Southern Nevada, Professor Levy teaches courses in American Politics and Government, American Public Policy, Political Philosophy, Social Justice Movements, Minority Politics and Women in Politics. in the Global Politics Classroom in 2024.

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College advisers vow to ‘kick the door open’ for Black and Hispanic students despite affirmative action ruling 

The Hechinger Report

Fight for social justice.” Sharpies also tend to become campus leaders, in part because TeenSHARP requires that its students develop leadership skills. In your schools, do something! Their questions are always so smart and so insightful.” Embrace your story; tell your story,” Garcia said. “I

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C. J. Prentiss ¡Presente!: A Path Maker for Justice

Zinn Education Project

Married for 40 plus years, they lived in North Kingsville, Ohio, and continued to support social justice causes with a focus on education. Under her leadership they traveled to South Africa, where they visited Robben Island Prison where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned and they visited Soweto. S he lost in 1986 and won in 1990.

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COLUMN: Are book bans stopping a Marxist “revolution” or whitewashing the past?

The Hechinger Report

Fast forward to 2022. The fights in 1992 and 2022 over “Heather Has Two Mommies” remind us that attempts to ban bookss in America go back to the Puritan days and will likely never disappear. This is absolutely cyclical,” said David Bloomfield , a professor of educational leadership, law and policy at Brooklyn College.

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