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.
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. But sickle cell anemia is neither unique to nor characteristic of people with African ancestry. This distinction may seem like splitting hairs.
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The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 27, 2020
The most-reported cases involved single-bias incidents about race, ethnicity and ancestry (nearly 60 percent), religion (about 20 percent), and sexual orientation (just over 15 percent). A curriculum that excludes the perspective of racial minorities teaches the majority group to be incurious or intolerant of those perspectives.
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.
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.
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. Army’s 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a group of soldiers of Japanese ancestry, during World War II.
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. When a position teaching geography to ninth graders at a private high school opened, she took it. The next fall, Livingston took a job teaching civics and government at a public middle school.
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