ED Surge

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

As a junior in college, TFA’s "mission” of ending educational inequity appealed to students like myself: hardworking and passionate about the intersection of social justice and education. For no reason other than I wanted a change of scenery, I found myself in Metro Nashville Public Schools.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

These experiences provide a framework for learning that uses surroundings, communities, and cultures to invite inquiry, investigate biases, and deepen understanding. What happens when this same approach is applied to school districts? Compton Unified School District. The School Board of Broward County, Florida.

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Social Justice Middle School Cultures Professional Development 77

Edthena

MAY 18, 2021

Fairfax County Public School System – Fairfax County, Va. Broken Arrow Public Schools – Broken Arrow, Okla. Holden Rowe, a science teacher, is a positive leader at Broken Arrow High School. Griffith Public Schools – Griffith, Ind. Daniel Miller. ” Holden Rowe. Jill Taylor.

Social Justice 52

Social Justice Archiving Project-Based Learning Public School 52

Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

People who speak another language score higher on tests and think more creatively , have access to a wider variety of jobs , and can more fully enjoy and participate in other cultures or converse with people from diverse backgrounds. have a shortage of qualified foreign language instructors at the K-12 level for the 2016–2017 school year.

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K-12 Social Justice Elementary School Cultures 79

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Paul Public Schools, speaks with Yusanat Tway (right), a first-generation University of Minnesota student interested in attending law school but worried that work in human rights advocacy will not pay enough to justify the cost. He said staff members had set up food drives in school parking lots as the pandemic hit. “We

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Social Justice Advocacy Human Rights High School 112

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

Education is a tool for social justice.”. I also work to create a culturally relevant curriculum. Education is a tool for social justice. Sydney Chaffee, 2017’s National Teacher of the Year, is ninth-grade humanities teacher at Codman Academy Charter Public School of Dorchester, Massachusetts.

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Social Justice Education Tradition History 89

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Charters like PUC Schools and district school systems across the country are facing a common problem: Even though students of color represent half of the public school student population, the teacher workforce is still overwhelmingly white. Related: How do we stop the exodus of minority teachers?

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Social Justice Charter School High School Public School 106

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

School, district-based, or statewide book study Regular meetings to discuss chapters and create individual and/or collective action plans around each of the book’s five sections. The Portland (Oregon) study group of early childhood educators assessed their home visitation questions to make them more culturally relevant.

Teaching 52

Teaching K-12 Professional Development Library 52

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In the Austin Independent School District in Texas, administrators recognize that same value for their native Spanish speakers who enter the public schools without English fluency. We talk about [our dual-language school] as a revolution. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”.

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Multicultural Education Social Justice Elementary School Advocacy 111

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2018

Tyndall turned down a bevy of offers from colleges in other states to attend Rutgers’ Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC), which brings together dozens of students each year for a residential program that combines rigorous academics with a social-justice focus. “I Eventually, he’d like to serve as either the U.S.

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Social Justice Economics Public School Library 81

Dangerously Irrelevant

JULY 22, 2020

This is my second update on my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership for Social Justice. As I said in my last post about this class , my six students have been co-creating the class with me… We have continued to approach the class through a variety of social justice lenses. Related Posts.

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Social Justice Leadership Cultures Public School 63

Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

It’s kind of a cultural moment where educators know what’s best for kids but then they’re sometimes prohibited from following those recommendations by either their school district policies or by state law. ” Despite those recommendations, he says, “many states have laws specifically prohibiting best practice.

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Pedagogy Psychology Library Social Justice 226

Digital Promise

MARCH 2, 2021

An assistant superintendent in the School District of Palm Beach County (Florida) noted that changing the culture of school systems “requires a level of humanity, and humility, and empathy, and partnership, and trust.” If we want to live in a society where everyone can flourish, what role does the school system play?”

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Education Social Justice Leadership Public School 117

ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

I took one course called Schools and Society and another called Social Justice in Urban Education. It kind of just tied together my experience as a tutor and my experience as a dual enrollment high school and college student — and showed me a side to education that I hadn’t seen before. Public Schools after we graduate.

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Tutoring Social Justice Elementary School High School 118

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Various theories circulate among researchers as to why mental health has been declining, including the influence of social media, changing parenting styles, and a seemingly unstable world confronting climate change, social justice, and political polarization. The National Association of School Psychologists was formed in 1969.

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Social Justice K-12 High School Psychology 99

Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the State Education Department had rejected 35% of the social studies textbooks submitted for review because of leftist content. The DeSantis administration objects to any references to “social justice” or negative references to capitalism. history and world history courses.

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Social Studies Social Justice K-12 Civics 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LOUISVILLE Just blocks from where hundreds of protestors gathered near the Ohio River waterfront after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020 sits Central High School. The school is steeped in history: It was the first African American public school in Kentucky, and counts boxer Muhammad Ali among its alumni.

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History American History Teaching K-12 98

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2023

It’s part of a growing, youth-led movement against the Agriculture Department’s “milk mandate” — a requirement that public schools offer moo juice at every meal service — and other federal rules that make it difficult for students to access plant-based alternatives. Some students oppose the rules because they are vegan.

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Heritage Social Justice Government High School 77

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The story of a fictional little girl named Heather with two moms enraged conservative families , who were dead-set against a Rainbow curriculum that included teaching social issues in classrooms. “Heather Has Two Mommies” has once again become a lightning rod in culture wars: Credit: Candlewick Press/Penguin Random House.

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Library Social Justice History Psychology 98

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

The largest charter-school operators in New York, they were founded and have been led and staffed primarily by whites, even as the majority of the students and communities they serve are black and brown. Yet the proliferation of charter schools led and staffed overwhelmingly by whites is a serious impediment to their potential.

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Charter School Social Justice Museum Leadership 70

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 17, 2016

First, that charter schools are subject to the same transparency and accountability standards as public schools. Second, that public funds are not diverted to charter schools at the expense of the public school system. Related: Do black students really need college to get high paying jobs?

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Charter School Social Justice History Public School 107

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Howard Fuller, former superintendent of Milwaukee’s public schools. Schools led and controlled by black people. He’s built a long career out of advocating for the vehicles he believes are the black community’s best hope for self-determination: vouchers and charter schools. Fuller’s remedy?

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Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 96

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 28, 2021

“Kids do well if adults in their environment are doing well,” said StaceyMcEnerney, director of social emotional learning for Codman Academy Charter School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, where she added programs and training are aimed at creating a culture of care among the staff. Integrate SEL in the daily routine.

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Social Justice Charter School Psychology Public School 130

The Hechinger Report

JULY 5, 2023

In a striking change from the first Joyful Warriors National Summit in Tampa, Florida, last July, where protesters were few, the second gathering in Philadelphia June 29 – July 2 was met with pushback from social justice advocates and parent activists opposed to the group’s right-wing policies. “It It is political posturing.”

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Social Justice K-12 Museum Public School 102

Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Rethinking Schools : Teach Palestine. The spring 2024 issue offers a collection of articles and other resources on teaching about Palestine-Israel amid the growing attack on social justice education. context and shared cultural history. Books Social Justice Books list of titles for K-12 and educators on Palestine.

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52