The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2024

Social justice is a core value of Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, and the school also belongs to a special assessment cons ortium , giving it more freedom in what is taught than a typical New York City public high school. She’s taught about social movements for two decades at American University in Washington, D.C.,

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

Education is a tool for social justice.”. The authors whose books we study in depth are primarily people of color. My curriculum centers on justice and injustice, ideas which urban students of color are well-versed in and hungry to discuss. Education is a tool for social justice.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2021

Recognize that each student and class is different; this requires you to know your students well enough to anticipate their needs and feelings, and to be able to suggest books that might speak to them better than you can. Practice words and phrases you might use, say them out loud and write them down.

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Social Justice Elementary School Humanities Leadership 98

Digital Promise

AUGUST 16, 2018

The NNSTOY Social Justice Book list is a great resource for building your classroom library. Be human enough to admit them and correct them. Speak out in faculty meetings about inclusion, equity, and social justice and if necessary, challenge the status quo. Honor multiple perspectives in your classroom.

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Social Justice Library Professional Development Cultures 96

The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

Students at Florida International University, including some pursuing master’s degrees in African and African diaspora studies, discuss a book about a massacre of tens of thousands of Haitians by the Dominican army in 1937. Credit: Photo: Leslie Ovalle for The Hechinger Report. Related: Will this semester forever alter college?

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 18, 2023

Her 2021 book, Equity-Centered Trauma-Informed Education , is one I wish I’d had available to me before I started teaching; it would have made a world of difference in how I saw my students and designed my classroom practices. All of those things feel really similar. ” Effective trauma-informed education is not just for the kids.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. million book images from the Internet Archive. . We could play Fantasy Geography.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Maybe they envision tweed jackets and book-lined offices with a view. I first got into teaching because I loved kids and I loved books. After college, I got my first job as a sixth grade humanities teacher in south Los Angeles. I used to as well — it sounds prestigious and respectable.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 9, 2018

Small colleges and universities in particular, which have been hardest hit by a six-year enrollment decline, are “really scraping for students,” said Zemsky, co-author of a new book called Making Sense of the College Curriculum. “So Related: How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. Yet the internet and reference books teem with professionally endorsed lists of so-called gifted traits. In panel after panel, experts and educators wrung their hands and proffered solutions.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: But after years working seasonal jobs sorting equipment at the local Ford plant and dealing blackjack at nearby casinos, Perez wanted to rise to a management position — and she couldn’t without a bachelor’s degree. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

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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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Social Justice Political Science Middle School Human Rights 50

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. Use the book as an analytic framework and some of its lessons as models for their own work.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

Citation from the Award Committee: A self-described, “high-spirited feminist philosopher and political scientist”, Dr. Loonat is a passionate advocate for equity and social justice. Dr. Loonat’s forthcoming book (2025) examines white supremacy in U.S.

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Political Science Social Justice Human Rights Government 41

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Books by Black, Indigenous, authors of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. If you are looking for speakers, here are sources: Historians for Peace and Democracy Civil Rights Movement Veterans Local voting rights and climate justice organizations Books to symbolize banned history.

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Teaching Historic Sites Archiving Museum 52

Society for Classical Studies

OCTOBER 4, 2022

To reserve a hotel room, please use the following link: 2024 Hotel Reservations To reserve a room by phone, please dial 877-865-5320 and reference the AIA/SCS Joint Annual Meeting or code ASJ.

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Geogramblings

APRIL 18, 2023

Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book” writes Wainaina “In your text, treat Africa as if it were one country ” he continues “Hot, dusty with rolling grasslands and huge animals, and tall, thin people who are starving” This is Africa’s voice? And you can always tell whose ‘African’ right?

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Geography Humanities Cultures Human Rights 52

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Books are one of the most powerful ways to learn about others and ourselves. Education professor Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop famously described it this way: “Books are sometimes windows, offering views of worlds that may be real or imagined, familiar or strange. What’s the difference between Amazon and Bookshop.org?

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

Books by Black, Indigenous, people of color, LGBTQ+, and Palestinian American writers are increasingly being banned. Read about a 4th-grade class s banned books study and share your teaching stories Get involved with the school board. Event hosts can receive a Teach Truth pop-up installation box with banned books and other resources.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 31, 2021

They watched as the police murder of an unarmed Black man reignited the country’s fight for racial and social justice. He debated whether to prioritize liberal arts schools, where he could major in the humanities, or more research-focused universities, which his dad preferred. Among the losses: Volleyball tournaments.

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Charter School High School Social Justice American History 127

Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 2, 2023

Websites like We Need Diverse Books and Diverse Book Finder are great places to start. Fatma Elsamra Abeer Ramadan-Shinnawi Reem Fakhry Dr. Sawsan Jaber The Big Picture “I think oftentimes people think cultural responsiveness sits more in a humanities classroom,” Jaber says. “Even our Quran is written in verse.

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Social Studies Cultures History Pedagogy 130

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 1, 2024

Books A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis Be a King: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Gregory Christie (Calkins Creek Books) The Radical King by Martin Luther King Jr. beyond the traditional narrative. s Dream and You by Carole Boston Weatherford. Illustrated by R.

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Social Justice History Economics Tradition 52

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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Library Social Justice History Psychology 114

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

For much of its history, Antioch was ahead of its counterparts in more enviable ways, including its legacy of promoting social justice. “A The college motto: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”. A hippy school,” its own students, alumni and faculty call it fondly.

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Economics Social Justice Psychology Library 90

Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the State Education Department had rejected 35% of the social studies textbooks submitted for review because of leftist content. The DeSantis administration objects to any references to “social justice” or negative references to capitalism. history and world history courses.

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Social Studies Social Justice K-12 Civics 40

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

The unrelenting violence there is a crime against humanity. Teaching for Change’s Social Justice Books has a collection of books for pre-K-12 on Palestine. And with its continuous targeting of hospitals, bakeries, water wells, solar panels, and markets, Israel is depriving us of all the necessities of life.”

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Teaching Social Justice K-12 History 87

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

What followed were a series of ultimate insider jobs that culminated with heading the county’s Department of Health and Human Services from 1988 to 1991 and then serving as Milwaukee’s school superintendent from 1991 to 1995. I knew that to some I would be seen as ‘a sellout,’ ” Fuller writes in his memoir, “No Struggle, No Progress.”.

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Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 100

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. Learn about the report from an interview with its author Antonia Juhasz on Democracy Now!

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Teaching Social Justice K-12 Human Rights 52

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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K-12 Social Justice Human Rights History 52

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Despite our school’s commitment to social justice and our district’s prioritization of equity, there were still staff members who were unwilling to voice public support for all students. In libraries, books that simply acknowledge that trans people exist are pulled off the shelves.

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Education K-12 Advocacy Government 123

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.” The spring 2024 issue offers a collection of articles and other resources on teaching about Palestine-Israel amid the growing attack on social justice education.

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2023

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