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Are Latino ‘Systems of Knowledge’ Missing From Education Technology?

ED Surge

public schools raise questions about whether curricula and edtech are staying culturally relevant. EdSurge recently posed a question to a panel of Latino educators and an edtech leader: Is educational technology serving the Latino community, particularly its students? Meanwhile, changing demographics of students in U.S.

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Can VR Help Preserve and Teach Indigenous Culture?

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Jared Ten Brink, a doctoral student in education at the University of Michigan, is an enrolled member of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi. He lives a two-and-a-half hour drive from the tribe’s reservation, which makes it hard for him to help his two young kids learn about their Native heritage. he wondered.

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How My School Chooses Courage Over Fear to Prioritize DEI

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Goal 1: Recruit a Team of Committed and Diverse Individuals to Effectuate Change To create a more diverse student and staff population, we have to do the work of building and nurturing a culture that creates a safe and courageous space for students, families and staff who have been historically marginalized. We’d love to help out.”

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To Create Safer Spaces for Students, Teachers of Color Must Reckon With Our Settler Identity

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As a teacher in Hawaiʻi, I am keenly aware and reminded of my identity as a "local" teacher, one whose family heritage traces back generations in the same community. For Indigenous and Native peoples, who have a deep sense of place that is woven into their cultures, practices and genealogy, this can be seen as disrespectful.

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How My Students and I Are Redefining the American Dream

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Students want to be connected, cultured and aware of the realities beyond the classroom. For me, a Spanish course is more than grammar structures; it is about connection, cultural competency and global engagement. What we cultivate in the classroom eventually ends up impacting the entire culture of our school.

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American Students Deserve a Multilingual Education

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While the majority of the population is monolingual, America is one of the most linguistically diverse countries in the world , with more than 350 languages spoken within its borders, including a wealth of Indigenous and heritage languages. But it’s also important to recognize that English-only communication is limited.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

I learned truths about European imperialism and the humanness before slavery — how colonists from all over Europe stuck their flagpoles into African soils, controlling nations and influencing heritage for centuries. Although Black Americans reinvented and established a unique culture, we’re eternally connected to the sub-Sahara.

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