The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

In Norfolk, Virginia, the juniors and seniors enrolled in an African American history class taught by Ed Allison were working on their capstone projects, using nearby Fort Monroe, the site where the first enslaved Africans landed in 1619, as a jumping off point to explore their family history. course targeted by Gov.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

Negative quality of life outcomes and racial strife evidence our failure to learn how to live together, which compromise our national security making diversity a federal education policy issue. John King, the first African American to be appointed as the U.S. A certain level of numerical diversity is requisite.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 12, 2023

Tilsen-Brave Heart worried that her 5-year-old daughter, Pia, would be exposed to even fewer lessons taught through a cultural lens than her older siblings had been, robbing her of an educational experience that would foster a sense of belonging and self-identity. “I I want my children to know who they are,” said Tilsen-Brave Heart. “I

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2018

The abolitionist, statesman and civil rights leader Frederick Douglass said that denying a person an education means adding another link in the chain of their servitude. Quoting his owner in his book Life of an American Slave , Douglass wrote, “[I]f you teach that n *r (speaking of myself) how to read, there would be no keeping him.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2022

“There was always a group or two that wanted [social studies books] to stay as we had had it previously,” said Ed Richardson, who led the state department of education at the time. “No No matter what has happened since then to correct that part of history.”. It was not an intellectual process. Credit: Rebecca Griesbach/AL.com.

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ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

There are a few problems with those debates, says Morgan Polikoff , one of which is that they’re not particularly informed by evidence about what people want for public education. Researchers started by asking participants about the fundamental purposes of public education, and they found some common values right off the bat.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Anti-trans policies were passed, school staff were ordered not to use “terms related to LGBTQ,” and a full year of social studies was cut from graduation requirements to make room for supposedly more patriotic instruction. In the days after November’s school board election, he said, it felt like teachers had come “back from the dead.”

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Education Policy Education Advocacy Social Studies 143

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 25, 2016

This year, there is a lot to take stock of, as President-elect Donald Trump, in the midst of populating his cabinet, selected Elisabeth (Betsy) DeVos to be his Secretary of Education. Her qualification to be Secretary of Education? Related: President Elect Trump selects Betsy DeVos as new education secretary, ushering in a new era.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2016

During the Republican and Democratic conventions, The Hechinger Report will publish a new story each day, examining what the party proposals might mean for the future of education. Our staff reporters will provide education coverage from Cleveland and Philadelphia. There’s a lot more than just getting an education. READ MORE. “As

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Economics Humanities Anthropology History 75

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 12, 2024

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, are persistent critics of public K-12 schools and higher education and want to overhaul many aspects of how the institutions operate. We will update this guide as the candidates reveal more information about their education plans.

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