ED Surge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Perhaps it is because I am Mexican American and colonization is a part of my ancestry. Perhaps it is because the virtues of Mexican and Indigenous spiritualities in Texas and Minnesota, where I’ve split my whole life, are so universal that it’s hard to not be drawn to their teachings and practices. The short answer: it starts with us.

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Cultures Teaching Pedagogy Ancestry 138

Sapiens

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Across time, past humans frequently migrated , mated with, or displaced people they encountered in other regions—resulting in a tangled tree of human ancestry. At the American Museum of Natural History, a 2001 digital representation of the human genome presents color coding for the four chemical components of DNA.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Saykhamphone, who has Laotian and Nigerian ancestry, said there are not many other Black or Hispanic students in her accelerated International Baccalaureate (IB) classes, even though 85 percent of the student body is Black, Hispanic or Asian. Related: States were adding lessons about Native American history. Credit: Christina A.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

We talked with folks who strongly identify with their heritage ancestry, language and culture and others who navigate the complex nuances of diasporic reality. such as Black, Indigenous, Pacific Islander and Latino students—often teaching and working at the heart of these communities for decades. 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.

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Ancestry Heritage Cultures History 135

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month April 29, 2024 • Studies Weekly Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a great opportunity to incorporate culturally responsive teaching into students’ learning experience. Mostly forgotten by history, thousands of Chinese immigrants, who came to the U.S.

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Teaching American History

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Amy Livingston never expected to find a vocation in teaching America’s story. She never expected to teach at all. He did, and Livingston soon found herself sitting in an introductory college course in US history. The next semester, she took two more US history classes, then realized she’d found her major.

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