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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

When she moved to and went to high school in Staten Island, where the population is less than 10 percent Asian American, her school remained more than half Asian. For Zeng, it was clear that the problems with the way world history was taught at her school bled through into the teaching of U.S. A more inclusive U.S.

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When typical middle school antics mean suspensions, handcuffs or jail

The Hechinger Report

In a recent survey drawing responses from 1,219 teachers and conducted by the charter schools advocacy organization the Thomas B. That means they’re not “reading Mark Twain and Shakespeare and Maya Angelou,” taking algebra or learning world history, said Raymond Pierce, president of the Southern Education Foundation.

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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

It hit us like a ton of bricks,” said Laura Foster, a local mother who helped create the progressive advocacy group the Ridge Network to fight the right-wing dominance of Pennridge’s schools. If we don’t make the most of this chance,” he said, “we’re not going to get another one.” “It Then there was the curriculum.