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Leadership for social justice: Class update 1

Dangerously Irrelevant

Thought I’d post a quick update on how my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership for Social Justice , is going. We are trying to approach the class through a very broad social justice lens, which means that we’re discussing a variety of different school leadership equity contexts. We are off to a good start!

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Foreign Language Classes are Becoming More Scarce

Digital Promise

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. begin language study in middle or high school. have a shortage of qualified foreign language instructors at the K-12 level for the 2016–2017 school year. Read the original article.

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Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups

Zinn Education Project

They organized to change the name of an elementary school where three study group members work. Visioning and professional development Host a study group of school leaders to inform their school’s vision for the future and plans for professional development for their school and/or district.

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When fourth-grade problems include gunfire

The Hechinger Report

The poems these students at Samuel Powel Elementary School are writing mark the latest phase in their year-long project on gun violence. In March, Philadelphia elementary school teacher Joe Alberti gave his fourth-grade class a writing assignment: Compose a poem using the prompt, “Because there was a gun.”

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024 Event Highlights

Zinn Education Project

Area Educators for Social Justice hosted interactive Teach Truth pop-up display tables on June 8 at: Busboys and Poets Brookland. Hundreds of people stopped by the booth hosted by the DC Area Educators for Social Justice at the Capital Pride festival on June 9. District of Columbia The D.C. Capital Pride Festival.

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Segregation in Steel Valley: How these Pittsburgh-area elementary students are separated by race and academic performance

The Hechinger Report

We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. The Steel Valley School District operates two elementary schools in a shoulder of the Monongahela River. One school enrolls mostly black students. I need to get these elementary kids learning together.