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TEACHER VOICE: ‘Which police officer will see me not as an educator or a scientist, but as a suspect?’

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. “More than half of K-12 students in the United States are people of color, yet only about one fifth of teachers are. I am used to standing out.

K-12

K-12 Charter School Ancestry Education

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

APRIL 29, 2024

The third-generation Japanese American congresswoman was a trailblazer who advocated for women’s rights, civil rights, education, and social justice. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a group of soldiers of Japanese ancestry, during World War II. Inouye served in the U.S. He lost his right arm in the war.

Heritage

Heritage Teaching K-12 Museum

TEACHER VOICE: ‘Which police officer will see me not as an educator or a scientist, but as a suspect?’

Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

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