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OPINION: Can Zoom classes keep students excited and engaged? We have found some ways

The Hechinger Report

It not only scuttled our trip, but both the pandemic and the economic fallout hit our majority minority students hard. Last April, as the coronavirus swept through the city, our students and their relatives, many of whom work front-line jobs, were especially vulnerable to the health and economic devastation befalling New York.

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Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice

The Hechinger Report

That’s because few funders are serious about social justice. What makes an organization serious about social justice? One of the planks of NCPR’s framework is to increase the number of serious social justice funders. “A There are other ways to see if a foundation is serious about social justice.