ED Surge

APRIL 11, 2023

Both are emeritus scholars from selective institutions: Steven Volk, an emeritus history professor at Oberlin College, and Beth Benedix, an professor emeritus of world literature, religious studies and community engagement at DePauw University who is also founder and director of The Castle, a nonprofit organization that partners with public schools.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 22, 2020

Another Atherton alum, Delquan Dorsey, is now the district’s community engagement coordinator for the Department of Diversity, Equity, and Poverty Programs. JCPS for the first time in its history has a majority of students of color. The history of the police department was to find runaway slaves. Delquan: Yes.

Economics 143

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 19, 2024

Today, courses at all grade levels include Indigenous history, numeracy, land-based science and language classes in Keres, Lakota, Navajo, Tiwa, Spanish and Zuni. Discussions of tribal culture were limited to a few isolated craft projects during a history unit and inaccurate portrayals of Indians at the “First Thanksgiving,” he recalled.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 12, 2022

They are K-12 classroom teachers of language and literacy, science, history, math and music; school counselors; learning, tech and special ed coaches; and principals and administrators in urban, suburban and rural communities. by 2060), they represent only 2 percent of educators in the U.S. on March 21, 2021.

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ED Surge

MARCH 13, 2024

Our most recent cohort of fellows included educators across a variety of grades and content areas, including a high school principal, an elementary school paraprofessional, a math and computer science teacher, and a school and community engagement manager, to name a few.

Education 111

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 1, 2020

In addition to field-specific knowledge in, for example, computer science or history, sound liberal arts education delivers the development of transferable skills, such as “critical thinking.” Start with a definition. It aims to cultivate attributes — empathy is one — associated with leadership and civic responsibility.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2023

Strong family and community engagement can enhance learning outcomes and help to create a sense of belonging. Relationships are critical in engaging students and families in meaningful and culturally appropriate ways, and are associated with increased literacy acquisition, lower dropout rates and improved attendance.

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

This work entangles power structures with disciplinary histories that work to enforce and reinforce particular narratives about whose bodies are to be studied , whose bodies are to be cared for , and what care looks like for community members. Of course, one class alone does not dismantle oppressive systems.

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ED Surge

JUNE 13, 2022

Most had a history of school disciplinary infactionsactions. Most communicated their intent to attack. This clearly speaks to the need for schools to be trusted relationship-centered environments, where students, teachers, school staff, family and community members are empowered to speak up if they see a peer in distress.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Sanfelippo found his district’s social-media rallying cry during a school field trip to Fall Creek’s history museum, where vintage banners, pennants and pins were emblazoned “Go Crickets!”. “We “Parents can follow the Twitter feed, and say, ‘Don’t you have that paper due soon in social studies class?’ ” Terrill said.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Nekkita Beans, a Mississippi native and president of the University of Mississippi’s Black Student Union, stood center stage in a campus auditorium reading aloud the history of a group of men who fought to keep people like her enslaved, illiterate and, in many ways, invisible. OXFORD, Miss. Ole Miss decided to take a different path.

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Political Science Now

JULY 17, 2024

Corwin Award for the best dissertation in the field of public law Recipient: Lucien Ferguson, Boston College Law School Title: “The Spirit of Caste: Recasting the History of Civil Rights” Harold D.

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Anthropology.net

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The study of ancient DNA has revolutionized our understanding of human history, migration patterns, and evolutionary biology. However, the rapid advancements in this field have also brought forth ethical dilemmas, particularly concerning the treatment of ancient human remains and the potential impact of genetic findings on living communities.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Dating back to the Late Preceramic Period, this plaza predates iconic structures like the Great Pyramids of Egypt and Stonehenge, marking it as a significant milestone in architectural history. Through outreach efforts, the team works closely with local residents to share findings and preserve cultural heritage.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

The city itself has had a scrappy commitment to existence in its 123-year history, surviving the boom and bust of the timber industry that first gave it life and weathering the 21st century with a fairly steady population of about 2,500. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2024

Having lived through the desegregation order, Hirahara, who is now an award-winning mystery writer , wishes more people knew about the history of the city’s schools. She now serves on the board of the Pasadena Educational Foundation, a nonprofit focused on developing community partnerships to help the city’s public schools excel.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 21, 2019

The best interests of public school kids in the city won’t be served by neighborhood community engagement if it’s left unchecked.”. But she doesn’t think they should be closed, especially schools with storied histories like McDonogh 35. Whose neighborhood are we going to put that school in?”

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 30, 2020

In 2018, for the first time in district history, a majority of Sioux City’s 14,976 students, about 52 percent, were people of color. Having won multiple awards and honors for their music education program, Pat Toben, who coordinates arts and community engagement for the district, is determined to make music accessible to all as well.

Middle School 106

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Sharahn Santana , African American history and English teacher at Parkway Northwest High School. Tracy Hill , executive director of family and community engagement, Cleveland Metropolitan School District. It feels like we are living in this weird dystopia. Sharahn Santana, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Tracy Hill, Cleveland, Ohio.

Oral History 144

Oral History History High School Public School 144

ED Surge

MAY 25, 2022

That’s especially important at this moment, during what appears to be an inflection point in the history of American education. Elevating the diverse voices of educators—particularly the perspectives of those traditionally marginalized—is critical for making change.

Education 118

Education K-12 Tradition Community Engagement 118

The Hechinger Report

JULY 24, 2017

Vermont Performance Lab is a nonprofit arts organization that supports the arts and Vermont’s rural communities through artist residencies that link artists’ creative research and community engagement.

Oral History 66

Oral History Civics Economics Tradition 66

Political Science Now

OCTOBER 30, 2024

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Civic Engagement 57

Civic Engagement Civics Political Science Economics 57

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It’s really about excluding people, and we have a long history of doing that,” said Cole. After the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Creando Comunidad: Community Engaged Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Fellows program faced a complaint from the Equal Protection Project in January, it became just “Creando Comunidad.”

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 26, 2018

And this year the school district opened the Family and Community Engagement Center, which offers free uniforms and coats and a food pantry. That policy contributed to the racial tensions that fed a 1917 riot, one of the deadliest in the country’s history. And she oversees the new Family and Community Engagement Center.

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Sapiens

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

He described Afghanistan as “a country that has never once in its entire history been a united country and is made up—and I don’t mean this in a derogatory [way]—made up of different tribes who have never, ever, ever gotten along with one another.” But most of the time, the militias act as loose community engagement groups.

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Heritage Archiving Cultures Government 121

The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Seventy-five percent of students at private, nonprofit colleges voted in 2020, for instance, compared to 57 percent at community colleges. Students majoring in education, social sciences, history and agricultural and natural resources turned out at the highest rates; those in engineering and technical fields, at the lowest.

Political Science 137

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