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Member Spotlight: Samantha Chapa, University of Houston

Political Science Now

Samantha’s dissertation focuses on the impacts of urban immigrant inclusion policies on the participation and civic engagement of immigrant and minoritized communities. The funding and professional development opportunities afforded to me by both programs came at a really critical timeright as I was about to go on the job market.

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Teaching for Black Lives Study Groups

Zinn Education Project

You will hold regular (a minimum of five) meetings based on a collective reading of Teaching for Black Lives and a recent issue of Rethinking Schools magazine. They also encouraged and created opportunities for school wide participation in the Black Lives Matter at School Year of Purpose and Week of Action. The ideas above are suggestions.

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Switching sides in the teacher wars

The Hechinger Report

She flips through pages of impeccable cursive handwriting extolling the importance of teaching, interspersed with magazine photos of students in 1970s-style plaid sweaters and bowl haircuts. Although the school in Tulsa demands a lot from teachers, many were eager to sign up for the school’s two-year professional development program.