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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. King calls “ diaspora literacy ” to contend with the reflection of white supremacy in my paternal lineage and its connection to world history.

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

The Hechinger Report

The idea that Asian American parents value educational success more than other parents do does not hold up to scrutiny. Related: OPINION: We must do a better job of teaching Asian American history in our schools. So what’s the harm in the positive stereotype of Asian American parents valuing education more than other parents do?

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If I was teaching Social Studies today…

Dangerously Irrelevant

Without a doubt we would be living on Pinterest since it has dozens of pinboards – and tens of thousands of pins – related to history , including awesome resource sets from the Stanford History Education Group. I could utilize the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media software tools for historical research.

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OPINION: Arne Duncan, the fallible narrator

The Hechinger Report

Just a decade later, Chicago closed 49 elementary schools, and research found that closing the schools had a long-term negative effect on the math scores of students from closed schools, and a smaller, negative short-term effect on their reading test scores.). billion federal trough in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

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 Amid clampdown on DEI, some on campuses push back

The Hechinger Report

My area of research is Jim Crow and the Civil Rights Movement,” he said. That was apparent in January when the Board of Governors for Florida’s state university system, in approving regulations for the new anti-DEI law, also removed sociology from the list of courses that meet general education requirements. (On

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A university grapples with its links to slavery and racism

The Hechinger Report

Jeffrey Jackson, a professor in the sociology department at Ole Miss, is a member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on History and Context, which spearheaded the creation of the plaques. Related: Black students are drastically underrepresented at top public colleges, data show.

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Careers at Community Colleges: Applying to Jobs at 2-Year Institutions

Political Science Now

His research examines the inequities associated with the international movement of waste and the different processes by which transnational environmental non-governmental organizations (TENGOs) support frontline communities pursuing justice. in Sociology from Stanford University and a Ph.D. She holds a B.A.