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history class this year, she described the American revolution and then expanded on the lesson, making connections to historical events in Mexico, Central America, the Dominican Republic and elsewhere in the Caribbean. Tapping into students’ cultures in the curriculum fits, logically, into efforts to personalize learning.
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West, “The Supreme Court as School Board Revisited.” Little wonder that Dunn’s course in this year’s summer residential Master of Arts in AmericanHistory and Government (MAHG ) program, “From Courthouse to Schoolhouse,” drew teachers from urban and rural areas across the country.
It could also help resolve the internal conflicts that many Asian Americans experience when dealing with their sense of identity. New York City’s Department of Education is the latest publicschool system to require that U.S. history instruction include an Asian American and Pacific Islander K-12 curriculum.
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publicschools that would directly challenge a long-standing Supreme Court decision requiring states to provide a free education to all students regardless of their immigration status. Vance, meanwhile, made education culture war issues central to his 2022 run for Senate.
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