The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A year ago, a Pennsylvania school board voted to ban a long list of books and other materials relating to race and social justice. Among the banned books were children’s stories about Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr., Related: Using critical race theory to understand the backlash against it.

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Social Justice Education American History K-12 105

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. Or plan a history walking tour, book exchange, rally, etc. Sign up today. Sign up here.

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Cult of Pedagogy

MAY 2, 2023

Websites like We Need Diverse Books and Diverse Book Finder are great places to start. ” One book in particular, Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner , is a popular choice in American classrooms, and Jaber takes issue with this being positioned as a representation of Arab cultures. “Hosseini is not an Arab.

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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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C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Therefore, when I learned that I would be teaching a social studies assessment course as part of a cross-content assessment course this spring, I started thinking about some of the tension points surrounding not only teacher education, but also student assessment. 6; Love, 2019).

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Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

Instead, they gleaned their knowledge of topics such as the murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the March on Washington from reading books and searching the web. The theme of the five-day event was “Hope for Our Future: From Weeping to Working for Justice for Our Children.”. Mississippi State Sen.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

A social studies teacher uses conflicting narratives to engage students in studying the history of Palestine and Israel, focusing on the events of 1948. 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

Cult of Pedagogy

MARCH 6, 2025

That is our social justice call to action during these times.” Learn more about the Street Data process by reading the book and watching our video series that captures the work of teachers in two schools as they follow the protocol. Those are things we need to do to make sure every child is learning at a high level.

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Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Phrases that Cultivate a Democratic Learning Community “Let’s do some thinking together about this book.” ” Rather than engaging in a ‘read aloud,’ we engage in “thinking together about a book (or science, math, etc.).” A read aloud is something a teacher does while students listen.

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