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TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history

The Hechinger Report

But no matter how the conversation starts, the students — nearly half of whom are Black, Asian, Hispanic or multiracial — often come back to complaints about the lack of diversity in our school’s textbooks and educational materials. I also see my students’ hands go up when we study world religions, and they can share a story from home.

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OPINION: America’s common narrative exists — and it must include Muslims and refugees

The Hechinger Report

In 2007, to mark the 400th anniversary of the first English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, the Park Service opened a Visitor Center presenting Jamestown as a place of meeting between Native American, English and African cultures. Back in the District of Columbia, African-American history gained two sites.

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