ED Surge

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Many also found community online, by following Asian American educators publicly sharing their learnings and resources (e.g.,

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K-12 Education Professional Development American History 123

ED Surge

OCTOBER 11, 2022

A little over 50 years ago, a student teacher in Minneapolis hit upon a novel idea to engage his eighth grade American history class in a unit on westward expansion.

American History 117

American History History Cultures Education 117

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Literary groups like the Reading Room Society for Men of Colour and Wide Awake Society differed from the slavery, Jim Crow, and Civil Rights movement eras that I attributed to representing all of African American history. I began to wonder what else I didn’t know.

History 107

History Tutoring Pedagogy American History 107

ED Surge

JUNE 1, 2022

For one group, the experience included visiting the ocean hall at the National Museum of Natural History, where they viewed exhibits under a giant whale specimen displayed from the ceiling, then reflected on the sensory details they observed and how those might appeal to students.

Museum 140

Museum Education Historic Sites History 140

ED Surge

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The cool thing right now is our students are coming with a totally different K-12 education. They might have been in AP African American history. And in high school I wasn't taught those things. They might have already learned about what oppression is on a short-term basis through TikTok.

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K-12 Pedagogy American History History 113

ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

Oppression Olympics During this year’s Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders heritage month, Florida mandated public schools to teach Asian American history — while almost simultaneously banning African American history, criminalizing health care for transgender folks, and being added to travel advisory lists by the NAACP and other human rights advocacy (..)

Heritage 101

Heritage Education K-12 American History 101

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

And he rises to become president of Sears, Roebuck & Company, and with innovations like “satisfaction guaranteed or your money back,” he turns Sears into the world's largest retailer in its era, and he becomes one of the earliest and greatest philanthropists in American history.

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Civics Education American History History 92

ED Surge

JULY 11, 2022

The result is that clicking on a course content listing from Lumen—whether it’s “ Boundless Accounting ” or “ African American History and Culture ” or another course—will likely send you off to Course Hero, where it’s being hosted. In May, Course Hero quietly began putting the content on its site.

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EdTech American History History Cultures 123

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

That money came through a federal program that pumped $24 billion in grants to child care centers across the country to keep them running during the pandemic — part of the single largest investment in child care in American history.

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K-12 Advocacy American History Library 120

ED Surge

APRIL 26, 2024

An overall majority of participants said situations like the discussion of same-sex marriage rights, LGBTQ American history or a teacher having a photo of a same-sex partner on their desk were appropriate for high school — but answers differed by political party.

Education 144

Education Controversial Topics Civics Elementary School 144

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The state also used the budget provision to justify dropping AP African American Studies for high school students during the 2024-25 school year. A spokesman for the South Carolina Department of Education said that the state acknowledges that African-American history is our shared history.

Library 58

Library Education K-12 History 58

ED Surge

JUNE 21, 2024

In 2020, at the start of the pandemic, more women exited the labor force than men, a phenomenon that had never occurred in American history. But its impact on the ability of parents, especially mothers, to participate in the labor force has finally received more attention. Part of the reason was that child care options disappeared.

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Advocacy Government Economics American History 131

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AUGUST 12, 2024

Biden signed an executive order on AI in October 2023, which directed the Education Department to develop within a year resources, policies and guidance on AI and to create an “AI toolkit” for schools. Walz spent part of his early career teaching in small rural schools, including on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. —

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K-12 Education Public School History 136