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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

ED Surge

The silence from colleagues and school leadership was particularly invalidating. We talked with folks who strongly identify with their heritage ancestry, language and culture and others who navigate the complex nuances of diasporic reality. These responses—and lack of responses—were deeply troubling to many Asian American educators.

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Native Americans turn to charter schools to reclaim their kids’ education

The Hechinger Report

Once the site of an Indian boarding school, where the federal government attempted to strip children of their tribal identity, the Native American Community Academy now offers the opposite: a public education designed to affirm and draw from each student’s traditional culture and language. The charter school, NACA, opened its doors in 2006.