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"What are we teaching? Powerful knowledge and a capabilities curriculum" - a review

Living Geography

USA 2025-2028 is not a serial I am looking forward to. There are some excellent suggestions for readings in this important area contained in this section, including Mark Sheehan's work on a "culturally responsive" curriculum. As Richard says on p.22, 22, "Teachers need to be the experts in the classroom.

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Will the Rodriguez family’s college dreams survive the end of affirmative action?

The Hechinger Report

Credit: Liz Willen/The Hechinger Report It also places the Rodriguez sisters on opposite sides of history: Ashley applied to college when schools in many states could still consider race, while Emily can expect no such advantage. We have so much history behind us as people of color,” Emily said. “So That makes her angry. “We

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OPINION: Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation and the end of affirmative action signal to Black people that they will never belong

The Hechinger Report

Harvard University President Claudine Gay’s resignation ends the shortest tenure in the university’s history — six months. They are representative of the cultural zeitgeist at many prestigious institutions — and a political battleground for those seeking control over American ideology.

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