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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

Du Bois’ advocacy extended across the world through many Pan-African conferences and an appeal to the United Nations to recognize the suffering of Black Americans, according to the NAACP. Marshall and Houston fought and won many important civil rights cases that slowly chipped away at Jim Crow laws. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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OPINION: Want to save the beleaguered English major? Abandon it.

The Hechinger Report

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. We don’t ask our students, some of the most talented young people in the world, whether they’d like to study the humanities. Sign up for our higher education newsletter. I am a poster child for the English major.

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More students question college, putting counselors in a fresh quandary

The Hechinger Report

The situation has school counselors feeling stuck, said Mandy Savitz-Romer, a senior lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and expert in school counseling. “We A report in October by the Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University found that more education generally yields higher earnings — but not always.

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Supreme Court ruling brings an altered legal landscape for school choice

The Hechinger Report

Jessica Levin, director of the advocacy campaign Public Funds Public Schools, said that the ruling currently applies only to Maine and neighboring Vermont and New Hampshire, where similar tuition programs already exist. Up for debate now is what the broader effects of the ruling might be, as well as its impact on public school funding.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024

Zinn Education Project

For the past three summers, teachers rallied across the country to speak out against anti-history education bills and to make public their pledge to teach the truth. Once again, we invite educators, students, parents, and community members to rally across the country and pledge to #TeachTruth and defend LGBTQ+ rights on June 8, 2024.

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OPINION: Palestinian American educators deserve support from their peers

The Hechinger Report

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I often find myself in settings where discussing Palestine, or even mentioning my identity as a Palestinian American, presents more challenges than when I worked in the field of human rights and law. It is what inspired them to pursue a career in education. Do you mean Israel?”

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

ED Surge

Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) contains markers like socioeconomic status, financial security, educational attainment, and life expectancy, all of which tells a story of Asian American progress and achievement. And so, she said, ‘We'll consider her the Asian educator and not you.’”

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