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OPINION: Studying humanities can prepare the next generation of social justice leaders

The Hechinger Report

The country’s next generation of leaders is pushing for racial equity, economic equality, disability justice and gender and sexual liberation; to succeed they will need the observational and analytical skills that can be developed by studying ideas, historical events, aesthetic works and cultural practices.

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How Creative Technology Can Help Students Take on the Future

ED Surge

Brian Johnsrud Director of Education Learning and Advocacy, Adobe To explore this challenge, EdSurge sat down with Brian Johnsrud , the director of education learning and advocacy at Adobe. But how can schools equip students with these essential competencies?

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Despite Hispanic population growth, the number of HSIs has dropped for the first time in 20 years

The Hechinger Report

This is the first time in two decades that the total number of HSIs has fallen, according to the advocacy group Excelencia in Education, which tracks colleges that are at and around the HSI threshold. At the same time, 32 new HSIs were added, leaving the list of schools with this designation 10 shorter than it was the year before.

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Amid Child Care Crisis, New Head of NAEYC Pledges to Prioritize Listening and Inclusion

ED Surge

The other is creating belonging at NAEYC, a professional and advocacy organization with nearly 60,000 members across its 52 affiliates. “I In northern Virginia, she watched her parents navigate language barriers, cultural differences and caregiving responsibilities as best they could, sometimes stepping up to serve as the translator herself.

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States can change the way they think about education, but will they?

The Hechinger Report

They are releasing a flurry of policy papers and hosting events meant to persuade states to try new models of education. It’s really a cultural shift,” said Virginia Barry, New Hampshire’s commissioner of education. And the state is working on developing new tests that measure student progress.

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How My School Turned Tragedy Into an Opportunity for Student and Family Engagement

ED Surge

Teachers began building lessons centered on identity formation, and soon after, students began to embrace their identity and individuality which transformed our classroom and community culture. When students saw the results of the work they had done, this affirmed how identity, advocacy and doing the work yields positive results.

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Colleges welcome first-year students by getting them thinking about jobs

The Hechinger Report

About three in 10 worked a paid internship or attended an on-campus recruiting event. Louis, which hosts a discussion not for students, but for parents, when they drop off their children for first-year orientation; it’s among the week’s most heavily attended events, associate vice chancellor and dean of career services Mark Smith said.

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