ED Surge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. Eager to build a career out of his interest in social studies, he thought about museum curation, archival work and practicing law.

History 127

History Museum Social Studies Geography 127

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 1, 2019

NEW ORLEANS — Clutching a small purse, six-year-old Leona Tate walked into McDonogh 19 Elementary School here and helped to desegregate the South. Almost all of Tate’s years in public school — from first grade to high school graduation — were spent within the turmoil of newly desegregated schools. Board decision.

History 111

History Elementary School Museum Archiving 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 14, 2024

Board of Education consolidates lawsuits filed in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Kansas, South Carolina and Virginia in response to school segregation. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia, one of the cases consolidated with Brown v. protests the integration of Central High School on Aug. Davis, et al.

Archiving 133

Archiving Elementary School High School History 133

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Home to more than 12,000 public school children, the district was the first in Mississippi to defy the governor and voluntarily offer real choice for white and black children to enroll in each other’s schools. By 1970, black and white children and teachers were fully integrated class-by-class, school-by-school.

Middle School 111

Middle School Private School Elementary School Public School 111

Zinn Education Project

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

To activate their interest, I spent the first class period showing the Freedom Archives’ COINTELPRO 101 documentary. They shared stories of wolves in sheep’s clothing, covered by titles of police officer, government official, social worker, friend, or teacher, who had in some way or another sabotaged their family’s safety or livelihood.

History 52

History Teaching Social Studies High School 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

The Steel Valley School District operates two elementary schools in a shoulder of the Monongahela River. One school enrolls mostly black students. When Terrance Frey learned that his son’s school, Barrett Elementary, is 78 percent black and Park Elementary is 84 percent white, he was shocked.

Social Justice 54

Social Justice Elementary School Archiving Library 54

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 27, 2020

Implementing distance learning for schools like Hopi High would have been difficult even under the best of circumstances — the school is located on a vast reservation where families often lack access to internet and computers. However, in at least one case, school staff were still asked to show up. Students With Disabilities.

Government 135

Government High School K-12 Public School 135