Document Economics Social Justice 
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 23, 2020
For many, attempting to climb the economic ladder means trading one form of economic distress for another. colleges and universities have uncovered an overabundance of records documenting their culpability in slavery, America’s gravest sin. Meanwhile, the black student loan-debt crisis needs urgent remedies.
Dangerously Irrelevant
MAY 31, 2017
We’d also have access to historical documents from the British Museum – such as notes from an English merchant in Syria in 1739 – and to the prisoner of war archives from the Red Cross. We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers. Washington University in St.
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The Hechinger Report
JUNE 5, 2019
Our study documents some of the ways that the historical processes of colonization and displacement are reproduced in the United States, specifically through the education system. On the surface, the purpose of higher education is to support all students in their growth academically, socially and economically.
The Hechinger Report
APRIL 22, 2024
On the international Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) , American 15-year-olds rank toward the bottom of economically advanced nations in math achievement. Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. It’s often not as precise as the hard sciences or even social sciences like economics.
Zinn Education Project
MAY 30, 2024
I wanted them to connect the current economic struggles of people of color by staying alert to these dynamics from the past. Loewen (author of Lies My Teacher Told Me ) documents the history of towns across the United States (not just the South) that exclude African Americans and other people of color through racist violence.
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 7, 2023
We talked about the economic impact of slavery to go from being money to trying to catch up with everyone else, who was given that opportunity of reaching this ‘American dream,’ and having 300-400 years of being someone else’s money.” We teach factual stuff that has been documented in history. Credit: Christina A.
The Hechinger Report
FEBRUARY 10, 2020
Fourth graders in the state from almost every racial and economic background improved their scores on the exam. Years of research have documented that poverty “creates constant wear and tear on the body” and that safe learning environments, coupled with “responsive parenting and high-quality childcare” can help children progress.
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