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There Is An Elephant in the Classroom and It Taught Me About My Black History.

ED Surge

Social studies and history classes weren't just academic discourse, they were social and emotional experiences. Her company, Reconstruction , hosts virtual classes that situate African Americans in a powerful, creative, and resilient light. I first acknowledged it subconsciously in my middle school years.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

We have classroom tutors now. Sharahn Santana, African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. The school has lost a bunch of teachers, but three of my son’s core subject teachers — English, social studies and science — have all left since Christmas. Every day there are more adults.