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There Is An Elephant in the Classroom and It Taught Me About My Black History.

ED Surge

Cultivating Genius: An Equity Framework for Culturally and Historically Responsive Literacy" by Gholnescar Muhammad called for teachers to redesign their learning plans by looking to the literary practices of people I’d never heard of. We must ensure that their portrayals accurately celebrate their past and present influence.

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OPINION: Why it’s time to discard old stereotypes about Asian American parents and education

The Hechinger Report

Sociologist Ann Swidler calls these strategies “ cultural repertoires.” And even while many parents aspire to have their children go to college, our cultural repertoires for attaining that goal are different. Related: OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools.

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To serve kids in the pandemic, a tribe and a Washington school district create a unique learning space

The Hechinger Report

But when it comes to learning, he’s grown to love an environment much closer to home: surrounded by extended family members in a small, salmon-colored building just down the road from his house, where tutors and adults in his tribe have taught him since last fall. High school students can take a Native American history class.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

We have classroom tutors now. Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. There’s just so much that’s been shaken up in our country, in our culture, in our education system. Our district has realized some of our challenges. Every day there are more adults.

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What education could look like under Trump and Vance

The Hechinger Report

Later that year, after widespread school closures, Trump issued an executive order allowing states to use money from a federal poverty program to help low-income families pay for private schooling, homeschooling, special education services or tutoring. Vance, meanwhile, made education culture war issues central to his 2022 run for Senate.

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What education could look like under Harris and Walz

The Hechinger Report

During his time as governor, Walz signed legislation last year to make college tuition-free for Native American students in Minnesota and required K-12 teachers to complete training on Native American history.

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