Charter School Cultures Social Justice 
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 6, 2016
A March 2016 study by Johns Hopkins University showed that black teachers are more likely to have higher expectations for their black students; for example, white teachers were almost 40 percent less likely than their black counterparts to expect black students to finish high school.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 29, 2020
The experiences and perspectives of Black and Latino students I taught at a Massachusetts charter school are very different from those of my Moroccan students. universities, they often experience culture shock. Credit: Collin Cherubim. Like my multiracial background, my background as an educator is diverse.
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The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 14, 2023
Credit: Jackie Mader/ The Hechinger Report Social-emotional learning – aimed at fostering a wide assortment of soft skills from empathy and listening to anger management and goal-setting – has been one of the hottest trends in education over the past decade, and more recently, a new flashpoint in the culture wars.
The Hechinger Report
OCTOBER 17, 2016
Since the NAACP at its national convention voted on a resolution that placed a moratorium on charter schools, the backlash from charter advocates has been angry, well-financed and sometimes just plain mean leading up to a vote of ratification by the national board, which occurred this past weekend. Photo:Andre Perry.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 4, 2018
I am a black man and strong advocate of charter schools, as a founder and full-time teacher at one in New York. Nowhere is the inequity of paternalism and structural racism more insidious than in the charter-school sector. Look no further than KIPP, Uncommon Schools, Achievement First and Success Academies.
Anthropology News
JULY 17, 2024
In South Africa, this is evident in a rapidly growing sector of “affordable” private schools that claim to level uneven terrain and interrupt poverty by fostering aspiring, upwardly mobile youth from township communities. These schools often frame their efforts in social justice terms.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
School founder Howard Fuller visits with students at the Milwaukee Collegiate Academy charter school. He’s built a long career out of advocating for the vehicles he believes are the black community’s best hope for self-determination: vouchers and charter schools. Photo: Amadou Diallo for The Hechinger Report.
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