The Hechinger Report

MARCH 28, 2023

I entered college in 1989 with an interest in human rights advocacy, planning to be a lawyer. in English from an Ivy League school followed and then a career that more than justified it: 10 years as a professor, author of a well-received book, 15 years leading nonprofit organizations. I am a poster child for the English major.

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C3 Teachers

JUNE 6, 2024

In her book Humanly Possible , Sarah Bakewell writes about being human as culture, morality, science, optimism, and more. Bakewell opens with a musing on the Roman playwright Terence’s line about humans. “I In Bakewell’s way of thinking, this double meaning to both entertain and provoke is so very human.

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 15, 2024

The Lowi Award honors the author of a first book in any field of political science that exemplifies qualities of broad ambition, high originality, and intellectual daring, showing promise of having a substantive impact on the overall discipline, regardless of method, specific focus of inquiry or approach to subject.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 5, 2019

Parents of the twins pointed out to administrators that white girls wearing extensions, as pictured in the school’s year book, were not punished. The girls’ mother claims that other black girls with hair extensions have also been pulled out of class and given detention.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Her research focuses on international law, human rights, transnational activism, and the impact of domestic politics on international cooperation. The manuscript is based on her dissertation, which won the American Political Science Association’s award for the best dissertation in the field of human rights.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Covington County Superintendent Babette Duty chalks those cases up to human error. Certainly, as long as human beings are running schools, you’re going to have that possibility,” she said, adding that the goal is to have policies and procedures in place that uphold the law and protect kids, while keeping parents informed.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 12, 2024

Unsurprisingly, the United Nations asserts that quality education is not only a fundamental human right but also a crucial catalyst for economic growth and development. A donation of $25 will cover the cost of bringing ten children’s books offline to support learners without internet access. Donate to support our efforts.

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All Things Pedagogical

MAY 11, 2024

That we are supposed to see the good faith they say- these things take time, even though human rights legislation and equity guidance has been on the books for decades in many places. that we are told we are supposed to have gratitude for. I know deeply how much this is long game work.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 21, 2017

There are a few books for upper elementary including The Amazing Age of John Roy Lynch and Crow that offer an age appropriate introduction to this era in history. A people’s history of the modern Civil Rights Movement also allows students to gain courage and ideas from the countless, creative stories of resistance.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

She is a Fulbright Scholar, International Peace Scholar, recipient of the Associated Federation of Teacher’s Cesar Chavez Human Rights award, and one of University of London’s 2022 Contemporary Woman Philosophers. Dr. Loonat’s forthcoming book (2025) examines white supremacy in U.S.

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Transcending Pedagogy

JANUARY 3, 2024

.” I’ve been working with my AP Lit seniors on my latest version of book clubs – this one is on climate fiction. And like all many *new* things in education, it was really not new, but rather a name for something I’d known in my mind and in books but never had the language for. Change is a constant for me there.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

Using the Rethinking Schools book Teaching for Black Lives , educators explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy in free, teacher-led professional learning communities. Each group can adapt and/or combine these ideas to create a plan that is just-right for them.

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Geogramblings

APRIL 18, 2023

The finger points… to the person of colour, to the migrant , to the infirm , to the tranny (Who is actually a cis person, but you can always tell , right!?) And you can always tell whose ‘African’ right? One monochrome projection, not 54 colonial constructs and definitely not 1.2

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Studies Weekly

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

To the end of his life, Du Bois never stopped his research, and he published dozens more books, essays, and articles on his own in pursuit of freedom. The National Women’s History Museum documents how Truth advocated for voting rights for all and argued that gender or race should not restrict any human rights.

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Steven V. Miller

JANUARY 10, 2024

Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which ran from 2001 to 2003, was tasked with investigating the human rights abuses committed in the country during its armed conflict with Sendero Luminoso. It may have further signaled to investors that Peru was serious about peace.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Somewhere in Indiana, I ran into a ghost of the Queens grandmother who brought down a schools chancellor more than 25 years ago — all over a book called “Heather Has Two Mommies.”. Purple for Parents believes these books are very dangerous and wants Indiana lawmakers to keep them out of schools and libraries.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 8, 2024

While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. Distribution of Delmont’s book is a direct challenge to the widespread removal of books from libraries and classrooms across the country.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 8, 2023

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I often find myself in settings where discussing Palestine, or even mentioning my identity as a Palestinian American, presents more challenges than when I worked in the field of human rights and law. I felt like I was facing this consequence because I was vocal.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

A Landscape of Discriminatory Policies and Hostile Environments According to the Human Rights Campaign , this has been the “worst year in recent history for LGBTQ state legislative attacks,” with nearly 40 states introducing 238 anti-LGBTQIA+ bills in just the first three months of 2022.

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Political Science Now

MARCH 12, 2024

She is currently finishing a book on the concept of freedom from a disability perspective. His scholarly interests include international law, mass atrocity, human rights, and disability law and policy. Amber Knight , Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, earned her B.A.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2017

Educational philosopher Meira Levinson and doctoral student Jacob Fay take up these challenges in the book Dilemmas of Educational Ethics: Cases and Commentaries. The book presents six detailed case studies of common educational dilemmas, each accompanied by commentaries of varying viewpoints. Willie “J.R.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2023

In 2011, one mother filed a complaint with the Cambridge Human Rights Commission, alleging that Amigos no longer served the Hispanic community. Penn Loh, a lecturer at Tufts University, said that in his son’s class at that time, only two of 44 children qualified for free and reduced lunch.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. Books by Black, Indigenous, authors of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. In Concord, New Hampshire, there was a book swap. Students as Historians.

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Political Science Now

JULY 17, 2024

Volume 21, Issue 2 BOOK AWARDS Merze Tate – Elinor Ostrom Outstanding Book Award for the best book on government, politics, or international affairs Recipient: Olukunle P. Kammerer Award for the best book published during the previous calendar year in the field of U.S.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Once again, we invite educators, students, parents, and community members to host an information table or event to defend the right to #TeachTruth including about Palestine and the rights of LGBTQ+ students. The right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. Sign up today.

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Geogramblings

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Today, a book titled ‘ Developing Quality PSHE in Secondary Schools and Colleges ‘ was released. Within this book, I contributed a chapter on ‘Diversity and Discrimination’ through my work with Diverse Educators. The book also covers topics such as engaging parents/carers, sex education, and media literacy.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Yet, in the book most districts use — titled “Mississippi Studies” and published in 2005 — only five of 100 pages are devoted to civil rights struggles. Danielle Creel finds it difficult to help her fourth-graders meet the state standards armed solely with an outdated book. Some used books with copyrights as early as 1995.

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ED Surge

JUNE 2, 2023

offer succinct conceptual frameworks in their 2022 book : “The Racialized Experiences of Asian American Teachers in the US: Applications of Asian Critical Race Theory to Resist Marginalization.”[ii] Jung Kim, Ph.D., and Betina Hsieh, Ph.D., Does this mean that Florida is safe for Asian folks but not for Black and queer folks?

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Sapiens

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

I found his work enlightening and suggested reading Hage’s recent book , which focuses on coexistence and religious pluralism, with the Praxis group. But a few days before we met on Zoom to discuss the book, the news broke that Hage had been fired from his position at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Germany.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 7, 2016

Thirty-eight religiously affiliated institutions have received exemptions from Title IX, according to a list released by the Education Department under pressure from Democrats in Congress after the gay rights organization the Human Rights Campaign used public-records laws to help expose the practice.

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Zinn Education Project

MAY 6, 2024

This year many teachers and students are being attacked for speaking truthfully about Palestinians’ human rights. students who use their free speech rights to stand up for Gaza and call for a ceasefire, which is the road to peace for Israeli youth as well.” Mary Beth Tinker, Tinker v. Who and Where? What to Say?

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Political Science Now

DECEMBER 16, 2024

My first book, The Politics of the American Dream , is a study of the American Dream as an ideological trope that subsumes the politics of identity and inequality and binds together an incredibly diverse group of people. I then started graduate school with the intention of doing research in comparative nationalisms (US and India).

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 19, 2019

It wasn’t until she read the term in a book that UCLA doctoral student Estefania Castañeda Pérez found a descriptor she felt captured her identity. She said education should be seen as a fundamental human right for everyone, “regardless of their status, regardless of where they live.”.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Learn More Fight for Life in Cancer Alley New Human Rights Watch Report Human Rights Watch released a devastating new report called, “We’re Dying Here”: The Fight for Life in a Louisiana Fossil Fuel Sacrifice Zone. Download the lesson for free. The No War, No Warming poster is from Visualizing Palestine.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 10, 2024

Below is a lesson, author talks, children’s books, the plight of health care in Gaza, and this day in people’s history entries. Author Linda Villarosa discussed her book, Under the Skin: The Hidden Toll of Racism on American Lives and on the Health of Our Nation , in our Teach the Black Freedom Struggle online series. Who’s to Blame?

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” Books Social Justice Books list of titles for K-12 and educators on Palestine. This dehumanization fuels violence and oppression. Mona Chalabi’s Data Visualizations.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 7, 2021

Jennifer Rich is executive director of the Rowan Center for the Study of the Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights, and an assistant professor at Rowan University in Glassboro, New Jersey. Her forthcoming book, “Politics, Education, and Social Problems: Complicated Classroom Conversations,” will be published in the spring of 2021.

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