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Two Programs with Fresh Solutions to the Teacher Shortage

Cult of Pedagogy

“It was written to appeal to Gen Z, so (it focused on) the idea of social justice, of using the classroom as a means for change, literacy as a means for change.” ” Eckert believes this appeal to social change is what makes EdRising different from recruitment programs of the past.

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Commemorate International Workers’ Day

Zinn Education Project

This lesson is available for free download. Books on Labor and Organizing Here is a list from Social Justice Books of recommended titles for pre-K—12 and background reading for educators on labor history and labor organizing. This Day in History Below are a few key events in labor history. Learn more.

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Labor History Censored on Labor Day

Zinn Education Project

This lesson is available for free download. Order Book Here is a list from Social Justice Books of recommended titles for pre-K—12 and background reading for educators on labor history and labor organizing. The collection is edited by Michael Charney, Jesse Hagopian, and Bob Peterson.

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Teach the Struggle for Voting Rights

Zinn Education Project

Learn More and Download Unit Black Elected Officials Echoes of Reconstruction During Reconstruction, more than 1,500 African Americans took office — many hailing from Southern districts with majority-Black populations who voted for the very first time. We wanted to try to register. In 1943, Rosa Parks tried to register to vote.

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Making School Better for Gender-Expansive Kids

Cult of Pedagogy

You’ll get access to our members-only library of free downloads, including 20 Ways to Cut Your Grading Time in Half , the e-booklet that has helped thousands of teachers save time on grading. Join our mailing list and get weekly tips, tools, and inspiration that will make your teaching more effective and fun.

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PROOF POINTS: Paper beats pixels on most picture books, research finds

The Hechinger Report

With libraries shuttered and bookstores a nonessential trip, many parents have downloaded book after book on tablets and smartphones to keep their little ones reading. For Kucirkova, improving digital books is a matter of “social justice”. Photo: Sarah Garland/The Hechinger Report.

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Behind the Data: Uncovering New Truths in School Librarian Employment

ED Surge

There are downloadable spreadsheets and infographic PDFs that show all the data for a district. It’s really an equity issue — a social justice issue. We finally made the NCES data usable for the general public. Anyone can look at employment levels for a school district or state. I think we really have to look at the equity.

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