Teaching American History

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

At the forefront is a woman whose face contorts with hate as she hurls slurs at Elizabeth Eckford, who is trying to enter Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, on September 4, 1957. It was supposed to be the first day of school for her, and for eight other black students, all of whom had been promised admission to the school.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. But as of October, more than 10,000 students from kindergarten through sixth grade had chosen to remain in virtual school , the most of any district in the state or the Washington, D.C. metro area.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 15, 2022

Mask mandates in place at the beginning of the school year faced some resistance and were lifted in the spring. Ben Lawson , band and choir director at Redmond High School. Ben Wilson and Kami Karr stand outside of Redmond High School, in Oregon. Kami Karr , senior at Redmond High School.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2022

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. Then we ran into an issue with the high school girls basketball team all quarantined. We’re still keeping kids in school. We’re a small, rural school. And boys basketball.

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