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We asked Asian American students what they wanted from history instruction. They say including their voices is not enough.

The Hechinger Report

When she moved to and went to high school in Staten Island, where the population is less than 10 percent Asian American, her school remained more than half Asian. For Zeng, it was clear that the problems with the way world history was taught at her school bled through into the teaching of U.S. A more inclusive U.S.

History 107
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A school where character matters as much as academics

The Hechinger Report

Unlike algebra or world history, there is no bubble sheet by which to judge students’ soft skills, let alone evaluate their growth over time. And even if there were standardized measures for traits like integrity and compassion, whose cultural norms should be used to judge the results? “I

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How one district solved its special education dropout problem

The Hechinger Report

While general education classrooms at Covina High School in this town in the Valley east of Los Angeles were stocked with algebra and geometry books, Parry was given a book that covered only basic math. Across town, in a South Hills High School science course, students took an online quiz about RNA.

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When typical middle school antics mean suspensions, handcuffs or jail

The Hechinger Report

That means they’re not “reading Mark Twain and Shakespeare and Maya Angelou,” taking algebra or learning world history, said Raymond Pierce, president of the Southern Education Foundation. When the dynamic, detail-oriented Black schools leader chose troubled Woodland Hills, he said, his friends wondered why. Discipline follows.

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Florida Rejects 35% of Social Studies Texts as Too Leftist

Diane Ravitch

The textbooks are for elementary and middle school social studies classes as well as civics, economics, U.S. history and world history courses. The Orange County School Board approved its list of recommended books April 25, but the district has not yet made any purchases, which could cost more than $21 million.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

Kenyon Andrews Elementary School Special Education Teacher, Lubbock, Texas My high school Women’s Studies class students were each given The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks: Young Readers Edition to read in class and at home over two weeks. I think it is important that the categories include culture, music and family.

History 52
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One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies

The Hechinger Report

That June, a local parent-teacher DEI group — formed to address student reports of racism and homophobia — installed a bulletin board display in Seylar Elementary School featuring collages representing Juneteenth, the Puerto Rican Day Parade, the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, and Pride. Then there was the curriculum.