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Labor History Censored on Labor Day

Zinn Education Project

Women in Labor History Textbooks and media often ignore women’s activism in labor history, despite the many roles women have played to organize, unionize, rally, document, and inspire workers. Many of these films alert students to how individuals and social movements have tried to make life better.

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Commemorate International Workers’ Day

Zinn Education Project

Women in Labor History Textbooks and media often ignore women’s activism in labor history, despite the many roles women have played to organize, unionize, rally, document, and inspire workers. Learn more.

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Are Schools and Edtech Companies Ready for the Digital Accessibility Deadline?

ED Surge

That’s particularly the case in K-12 classes, where teaching materials may be hard to parse, according to the preprint of a research article that argues that many of these students have to figure out how to access basic documents on their own, outside of school. But there’s a push to change that.

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OPINION: There’s a black student loan-debt crisis and it needs an urgent solution. How about reparations?

The Hechinger Report

For colleges interested in giving financial weight to their declarations of forgiveness and justice, reparations should not be restricted to direct descendants of those enslaved by universities because universities profited from countless slaves owned by others as well. Like other institutions, dozens of U.S.

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How to find minority teachers who want to stay in the job?

The Hechinger Report

Research has documented other ways that a teacher’s race can impact student performance. The program’s emphasis on social justice has also taught him how to craft better lessons. With this element of unpacking what social justice means, I can make my work even more meaningful to the students.”.

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Students sick of ‘lip service’ from universities over racism

The Hechinger Report

Troy Alim, who has been a social justice activist for the past several years, said he is inspired by the leadership of young Black students and agrees that most of the university statements are window dressing. The University of Mississippi, commonly known as Ole Miss, has a long, well-documented history of racism.

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TEACHER VOICE: An invitation to kids, parents and educators to occupy our schools — with curiosity, challenge and innovation

The Hechinger Report

Why are psychologists documenting back to school anxiety , showing increases in mental health events for children during the school year after a dramatic decline over the summer, including an extreme anxiety labeled school refusal , a disorder marked by a child refusing to go to school on a regular basis?