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.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 11, 2023

While 21% of teachers in Hawai’i are Japanese, only 10% have Native Hawaiian ancestry. Teachers of Color After student teaching on the US continent in a high school, I felt so isolated as the only Asian adult on campus. This statistic is exacerbated by an inverse representation of students — 23% Native Hawaiian and 9% Japanese.

Ancestry 135

Ancestry Heritage Cultures History 135

ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps it is because I am Mexican American and colonization is a part of my ancestry. When I was a student, I struggled to see my people represented in curricula, so when I design Spanish and social studies classes, I work to decolonize my lessons and reclaim Indigenous history. I have always felt connected to Indigenous peoples.

Cultures 137

Cultures Teaching Pedagogy Ancestry 137

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 19, 2018

In this 2017 photo, students present their history projects at a New York City high school for recent immigrants and refugees. years of education, on average, which is the equivalent of a high school diploma plus nearly two and a half years of college. Photo: Meredith Kolodner. That exceeds the 13.8

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2017

So it’s fuzzy figuring out exactly what privileges I benefit from,” explained Sierra Fang, a rising senior in an Oakland high school, to KQED Youth Radio on a segment about mixed-race privilege. Fang’s father is white and her mother is Chinese; she attends a white school and her family is middle class. I’m not white.

Ancestry 87

Ancestry Economics High School Research 87

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

There’s an ugly history of proponents of eugenics , who believe in reshaping humanity by breeding “superior traits” and removing “inferior traits,” justifying their thinking with genetics. The score could also point to students most likely to stick with advanced math courses across all four years of high school.

Ancestry 69

Ancestry Social Justice Research Tutoring 69

Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Amy Livingston, Chancellor High School, Fredericksburg, VA. Grade school had bewildered her. School administrators and teachers never picked up on Livingston’s hearing problem, and she remained in special ed until she graduated from high school. She never expected to teach at all. This was December.

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