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How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

ED Surge

Some of these bonds have grown into deep friendships, and others have turned into formal or informal mentorships. Together, we navigated the cultural shock of teaching in Jacksonville, a city with a small Latino population compared to the communities we had grown up in. One of the most impactful relationships I formed was with Ms.

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Facing legal threats, colleges back off race-based programs

The Hechinger Report

This was valuable information. Credit: Terra Fondriest for The Hechinger Report Campus pipeline and mentoring experiences offer students like Ricard and Molina access to information others may absorb because of who their parents are or how they grew up. Some experts argue that it remains a pressing national issue.

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The Case of Hostile Terrain ’94 at the University of Oregon 

Anthropology News

Having hoped to bring the exhibit to campus for the past number of years, we were finally able to do so after securing a small grant from our campus Center for the Latino/a and Latin American Studies Center (CLLAS), and with collaboration from the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History.

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OPINION: ‘Social justice’ education has been harming the children it needs to help, but cutting off funds to schools is not the answer

The Hechinger Report

They dismantled disciplinary systems, infused math instruction with social justice content and taught students to discern power imbalances in literary texts. Disciplinary practices were overhauled; new restorative justice circles were rooted in Native culture and peacemaking practices.

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How to Keep Teaching Well When DEI is Under Attack

Cult of Pedagogy

What we do have is a culture of respectone that honors the dignity and diversity of all students, families, and educators. She is the author of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain , which I’ve referred to many times on this site, and one of the most respected voices on the topic of equity-driven education.

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 Event Highlights

Zinn Education Project

District of Columbia Accompanied by a brass band, educators and allies marched from the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) to the National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), highlighting the censorship of history in schools, libraries, and museums. The event was hosted by Teaching for Change’s D.C.

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Bleeding-Edge Praxis: Leveraging Anthropology and Feminist Science for Emerging Issues

Anthropology News

As a period researcher, people often tell you unsolicited personal information like this. Then I reached out to Kate Clancy (my collaborator for the project that developed, and the chair of my dissertation committee shortly before) to ask if she knew anything about periods and vaccines, or if anyone had mentioned this to her.