The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2021

The push for equity among PTAs in those cities hit sometimes fierce resistance before advocates found ways to calm fears that wealthy parents might disinvest from — or leave — public schools. Research suggests the practice has no significant impact on overall giving to schools.). Less than a quarter of public schools in the U.S.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Paul Public Schools, speaks with Yusanat Tway (right), a first-generation University of Minnesota student interested in attending law school but worried that work in human rights advocacy will not pay enough to justify the cost. He said staff members had set up food drives in school parking lots as the pandemic hit. “We

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Social Justice Advocacy High School Human Rights 130

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In the Austin Independent School District in Texas, administrators recognize that same value for their native Spanish speakers who enter the public schools without English fluency. We talk about [our dual-language school] as a revolution. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

By 2021, it had committed to its most ambitious goal yet: overhauling the way Fairfax County Public Schools teaches students to read and supports struggling readers. Symone Walker, co-chair of Arlington’s NAACP education committee, sent a similar letter to Arlington Public Schools as the one that engendered change in Fairfax.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Howard Fuller, former superintendent of Milwaukee’s public schools. Schools led and controlled by black people. He’s built a long career out of advocating for the vehicles he believes are the black community’s best hope for self-determination: vouchers and charter schools. Fuller’s remedy? The trade-off.

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Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 101

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Despite our school’s commitment to social justice and our district’s prioritization of equity, there were still staff members who were unwilling to voice public support for all students. Testify before your local school board, your state’s board of education and your state legislatures.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

While the county is about 16 percent white and 82 percent black, the public schools are nearly all black. Fewer than 30 white students are enrolled in the entire district, a steep decline from the fall of 1966, when about 6,000 black students and 1,000 white students attended the county’s schools. still serves students today.

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