Cultures Local History Research 
The Hechinger Report
JANUARY 12, 2022
This is particularly concerning because engagement and cultural relevance have both been proven to have a positive impact on student outcomes. Researchers have found that culturally relevant education can increase grades, participation and critical thinking skills and can lead to higher graduation rates.
NCHE
APRIL 3, 2023
At the grocery store: “ Your students did such a great job documenting our local history! The gas station: “ Hey Joe, I heard you had a student doing some research about local mines in our community. If your community is like mine, it’s likely much of your town’s rural history hasn’t been preserved in a meaningful way.
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The Hechinger Report
MARCH 28, 2019
In Baltimore City Public Schools, where about 80 percent of students are black, educators have long tried to incorporate African-American culture into their teaching. We never had the opportunity to celebrate the rich culture,” said Janise Lane, executive director of teaching and learning at Baltimore City Public Schools.
ED Surge
JANUARY 10, 2023
Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
We could participate in a number of free Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs), including over a dozen on Chinese History from Harvard University. We could listen to podcasts on the geography of world cultures from Stanford University. I could garner ideas from the City University of New York’s American Social History Project.
Digital Promise
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
For districts with very few immigrant or EL students, school leaders should first prioritize: Being culturally responsive to foster a sense of belonging among new families. Remember that newcomer students may face cultural barriers as well as language ones.
Anthropology News
JANUARY 24, 2024
I was in Accra, Ghana, for my field research at the time, and the other participants were located in Oslo, Norway. How do you study Blackness in a place that denies its local history of anti-Indigenous and anti-Black structural violence? Black Boy ” was the name of one of Norway’s most widely used spice brands until 2010.
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