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OPINION: Educators must be on the frontline of social activism

The Hechinger Report

These dangerous culture wars will wreak havoc on education and education policy for years to come. Earlier, the complete misrepresentation and misunderstanding of critical race theory signaled a disregard for the Black community and contempt for the importance of students learning about all people and cultures. Who suffers the most?

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 Amid clampdown on DEI, some on campuses push back

The Hechinger Report

he said, noting that fields like literature, anthropology and psychology also grapple with issues of race, gender and sexuality. Related: Culture wars on campus start to affect students’ choices for college Certainly, it’s easy to spot worry on campuses. What’s next?” Last semester, he taught a course, “Beyond the Binary.”

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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

The Hechinger Report

Some parents are really worried about Covid and their child getting sick, but one of the main reasons is about culture. We want them to know a lot about their culture.”. If you know your culture, if you know where you come from, you’re stronger,” she said. What we’re trying to do is revive our culture,” she said. “So

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How to Encourage Viewpoint Diversity in Classrooms

ED Surge

The external forces have to do with the conversation that the culture is having about cancellation, about what authors are OK, about what books are OK and what content is OK. And this seeps into the college culture within the context of a classroom. They might have been in AP African American history.

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Resources for Teacher and Instructional Coaches – March 2021

Edthena

Here are some interesting reads for teachers and instructional coaches around recommendations around reopening, teaching culturally responsive teaching, and prioritizing student mental health. . Help your students see themselves when teaching American history.

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. We could learn about maps and the geospatial revolution from a professor at Penn State University.

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OPINION: Here is what patriotic education should look like

The Hechinger Report

And to do that, we must build an education system that embraces Black history and cultures for the sake of all our children. Social studies classes spend only 8 to 9 percent of their time on Black history, treating it as a niche topic instead of a core part of American history. Cultural pride is powerful.

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