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

ED Surge

And though the struggles in early childhood education are largely systemic, it’s the individual, humanizing, heart-wrenching stories that are more likely to change public perception and, eventually, shift policy. What came through in interviews was her human-centered approach. So Kang is listening. But did it?

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Should we test all 2-year-olds for autism?

The Hechinger Report

The series was produced by The Hechinger Report and Columbia Journalism School’s Teacher Project , nonprofit news organizations focused on education coverage, in partnership with Slate Magazine. The nonprofit offers workshops, one-to-one advocacy, and a monthly Spanish-speaking support group for families. Sign up for our newsletter.

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4 Inspiring Black Humanitarians

Studies Weekly

As the co-founder of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) and editor and research director of the organization’s magazine, The Crisis, he published his opposition to the unequal treatment of Black Americans and promoted Black nationalism. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

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Some colleges and universities are bringing the classroom to the workplace

The Hechinger Report

It’s a good way to bridge the gap between what students learn and what employers say they need them to know, said Maria Flynn, president and CEO of the advocacy group Jobs for the Future. And Emerson College faculty supervise students who write, manage, sell and market a film magazine the university took over, The Independent.

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

ED Surge

describes in her 2015 book “The Making of Asian America: A History”[iii] that the model minority stereotype has roots in World War II and the Cold War, then was proliferated in the 1980s in newspapers and magazines. Asian Americans were often celebrated “for holding the formula for success” (p. White supremacy does so much to all of us.”

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John Muir Founds the Sierra Club

Teaching American History

Naturalist John Muir, whose popular magazine articles had done much to bring about the 1890 Congressional act creating Yosemite National Park , was unanimously named president of the new organization. Muir in fact had been pressed into service by Robert Underwood Johnson , associate editor of the influential New York magazine The Century.

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Teaching About Palestine-Israel and the Unfolding Genocide in Gaza

Zinn Education Project

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” 972 Magazine is an independent magazine run by a group of Palestinian and Israeli journalists. This dehumanization fuels violence and oppression.