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How can being bilingual be an asset for white students and a deficit for immigrants?

The Hechinger Report

BOSTON — Katie Cardamone teaches second grade in the Mendon-Upton Regional School District, about 40 miles southwest of Boston. Barely 1 percent of Mendon’s population is Latino and about 2 percent of Upton’s is, but Cardamone teaches her entire class in Spanish. Photo: Tara García Mathewson.

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Religion Is a Taboo Topic. I Discuss It in My Classroom Anyway.

ED Surge

When I started teaching Arabic in a public school, I inherited the curriculum and materials from the previous teacher. However, over time, I began questioning the wisdom of completely excluding religion, politics and other "taboo" topics from my teaching. The limitations of avoiding taboo topics became glaringly obvious.

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When black history isn’t relegated to a single month

The Hechinger Report

While millions of students across the country now study the influences of black people and culture in what has evolved into Black History Month, Trump proves regularly that Woodson’s ultimate goal of integrating black history into our core curriculums fell far short of national acceptance. particularly in the South.

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When black history isn’t relegated to a single month

The Hechinger Report

While millions of students across the country now study the influences of black people and culture in what has evolved into Black History Month, Trump proves regularly that Woodson’s ultimate goal of integrating black history into our core curriculums fell far short of national acceptance. particularly in the South.

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