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The Future of Democracy Depends on a Quality Civics Education

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Fortunately, in light of democracy’s fragility, there has been a steady increase in initiatives from federal and state governments to incorporate civics education in K-12 classrooms. In 2020, California adopted a State Seal of Civic Engagement that high school students can earn upon graduation.

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Teachers go to school on racial bias

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They’re known as cultural proficiency seminars and attendance is mandatory. The move toward cultural proficiency, also known as culturally relevant education or culturally responsive teaching, has been gaining momentum in urban school districts throughout the country. Am I just always going to be wrong?”.

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??Why white students are 250% more likely to graduate than Black students at public universities

The Hechinger Report

To an extent, yes, hold K-12 accountable, but now they’re your students. You can’t continue focusing on K-12 and what they didn’t do.”. Along with orientations and admission seminars open to all students, there is also an institute for leadership development specifically for Black and Latino students. “We

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What’s school without grade levels?

The Hechinger Report

But as the movement against seat-time learning grows, more schools nationwide will be grappling with grade levels, deciding whether to keep them or to hack through thickets of political, logistical and cultural barriers to uproot them. Still, it has been hard enough to schedule just one weekly seminar, he said. School District.

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Inside one school’s efforts to bridge the divide between white teachers and students of color

The Hechinger Report

But for now, it’s focused on training existing educators to become more “culturally responsive,” representing diverse cultures and frames of reference in their teaching. But it also shows how hard it can be to change the culture of a school — and the mindsets of its teachers.

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Why the preteen years are a critical period for brain development

The Hechinger Report

27, 2020 seminar on adolescent learning and well-being in Berkeley, California. Between the ages of 12 to 15, there are more differences than similarities in each person’s connectome. Culture is shaping it.”. It’s a perfect storm of change,” said Dahl, speaking before education reporters at a Feb.

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California voters poised to gut English-only instruction law

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Teachers-to-be participate in a master’s seminar on their way to earning a bilingual certification from San Diego State University in San Diego, California. At Chula Vista Learning Community Charter , a dual language K-12 school near the Mexican border, that idea is anathema to both teachers and students. Photo: Lillian Mongeau.