ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps it is because I am Mexican American and colonization is a part of my ancestry. As a writer, my Indigenous culture shows up in my poetry. In doing so, it makes me wonder, what else have we unknowingly appropriated from Indigenous culture?

Cultures 136

Cultures Teaching Pedagogy Ancestry 136

ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

In upstate New York, a high school English teacher said, “I remember driving into school not wanting to go in, being really sad and just crying. I thought to myself, ‘I don't have anyone that I could talk to in my entire school that has any idea about what's going on right now.’” on March 21, 2021.

K-12 143

K-12 Ancestry Education Geography 143

ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

Everett Collection/Shutterstock At the same time, I also recognize that my privileged experience in Hawaiʻi was forged by settler culture , the effects of which still persist in the state educational system. While 21% of teachers in Hawai’i are Japanese, only 10% have Native Hawaiian ancestry.

Ancestry 133

Ancestry Heritage Cultures History 133

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2024

million people , about 82 percent of whom are of Norwegian ancestry, across a space roughly the size of Montana. Nature and outdoor play are staples of Norwegian culture. Different culture,” she said, as she recalled the story. Nearly 86 percent of Norwegians graduate from high school, and 55 percent earn a college degree.

Pedagogy 145

Pedagogy Government Ancestry Cultures 145

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2020

But the high school freshman at the Old Rochester Regional High School in Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, near Cape Cod, has recently leaned in to her little-explored Irish heritage. Sometimes kids found unexpected ancestries – like one white student who found an ancestor labelled “mulatto” on an old Census.

History 140

History Ancestry Heritage Project-Based Learning 140

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Jenna Saykhamphone, a senior at Annandale High School in Fairfax County, Virginia, helped start an equity team at her high school to fight stereotypes both inside and outside her school in suburban Washington, D.C. Some school leaders are taking further action beyond what the state requires.

History 112

History American History Ancestry Pedagogy 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2020

CASABLANCA, Morocco — I grew up with a Black father of Puerto Rican and Caribbean ancestry and a white mother, in an overwhelmingly white area of Western New York. One of the most dramatic came in high school after the administration told me I couldn’t wear an Afro because it was a “fad.” I am used to standing out.

K-12 111

K-12 Charter School Ancestry Education 111