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OPINION: Educators must be on the frontline of social activism

The Hechinger Report

I taught my students to respect the power of civic engagement and social activism. We must do this through teaching, learning and advocacy — as well as social activism and civic engagement. Recent politics has made it hard to extend that work. I have trained in, taught and led educator preparation programs.

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This Is Your Brain on Math: The Science Behind Culturally Responsive Instruction

ED Surge

They offer an invitation to analyze how mathematics can be applied to promote civic engagement, advocacy, policy change and increased access to resources.

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Forget civics class: Students want to make a difference in real life

The Hechinger Report

In recent years, the group’s advocacy has led to changes in the district’s graduation requirements, to align them with admissions requirements for California’s university systems, and an expansion of funding for an after-school meal program that had been cut by the school board. Every year the group chooses an issue to focus on.

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Building Relationships: Connecting and Reconnecting with Cultural Centers

C3 Teachers

Essentially, teacher candidates learned that service-learning with a cultural center can balance inquiry with advocacy as a means to learn civic engagement. Learning and collaborating with cultural centers through service-learning projects offer teachers and docents a beneficial partnership.

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Teaching the Truth about George Floyd — and Our History

ED Surge

We need to embark on such a mission because we cannot rely on the assumption that future generations will be more civically engaged in improving their communities than older generations. Students are forming clubs, organizing sit-ins and walk-outs, and engaging in advocacy about all sorts of issues.

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Teaching ‘action civics’ engages kids — and ignites controversy

The Hechinger Report

“It’s a false choice between whether we should teach students in a traditional way, through direct instruction and rote facts, or through the opportunity to practice skills through service learning,” said Shawn Healy, senior director of policy and advocacy for iCivics, a nonprofit that “champions equitable, non-partisan civic education.”.

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Facing post-graduation “firsts” and uncertainty about DACA’s future, undocumented students turn to each other for support

The Hechinger Report

Candy Marshall, president of the scholarship and advocacy group TheDream.US., Candy Marshall, president of the scholarship and advocacy group TheDream.US. When filling out the I-9 form for employment eligibility verification, they would show a work authorization card rather than a social security card.