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 Sign up for our newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

Social Justice 84

Social Justice Economics Library Public School 84

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Area Educators for Social Justice has secured the following co-sponsors for this year, in addition to the co-host, the African American Civil War Museum and Memorial. Workshops and More Events More Social Justice Education Events The post Teach Truth Day of Action 2024 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

Teaching 52

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Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

And, if I was stuck for an idea for class, I could access the Social Studies lesson plans at Educade or the 400+ lesson plans at the EDSITEment! web site from the National Endowment for the Humanities, including a very popular set for AP U.S. We could create our own social justice project like Bill Ferriter’s middle schoolers.

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Social Studies Teaching Archiving Geography 76

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: The district recently hired someone who works exclusively on residency enforcement and purchased a software package called CLEAR , typically used by police departments, that allows staffers to sift through credit bureau reports, utility payments, and other public records to nail down where families live.

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K-12 Social Justice Economics Humanities 70

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Service is key, so projects often involve themes of social justice and community improvement. About 80 percent are African-American, and 45 percent are classified as “economically disadvantaged.”. Humanities teacher Sydney Chaffee listens as Codman Academy ninth-grader Katia Antunes recites her poem. Photo: Gail Robinson.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

Everybody’s already talking about program reviews,” said Rudy Fichtenbaum, a professor of economics at Wright State University in Ohio and president of the American Association of University Professors. Any time they see an opportunity to attack particularly the humanities and the social sciences, that’s what they’ll go after.”.

Anthropology 140

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

As colleges continue to close or merge — more than 60 in the last five years, and 14 just since the start of the pandemic — a growing chorus of voices is raising alarms that this is taking more than just an emotional and economic toll on students, alumni, employees and communities. We’re not just fighting for Antioch College.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 18, 2023

” She also found that much of the equity work being done in schools looked very similar to trauma-informed approaches, “being caring, paying more attention to the humans that we all are, looking at our strengths. All of those things feel really similar.

Teaching 130

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

Leave this field empty if you're human: But after years working seasonal jobs sorting equipment at the local Ford plant and dealing blackjack at nearby casinos, Perez wanted to rise to a management position — and she couldn’t without a bachelor’s degree. Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Choose as many as you like.

Social Justice 108

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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.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Social Justice K-12 Civics 40

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

But now a convergence of factors — a dwindling pool of traditional-age students, the call for more educated workers and a pandemic that highlighted economic disparities and scrambled habits and jobs — is putting adults in the spotlight. If we are not doing this,” he said, “it is a social justice issue.

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Economics Sociology Social Justice High School 141

Dangerously Irrelevant

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

Let’s be clear: this may be the reality in our country but the vitriolic hate and utter dismissal of basic human dignities that have been major political themes during this election represent the worst of human nature and American society. The declining economic value of routine cognitive work. We have to own this as educators.

Social Justice 106

Social Justice Economics Humanities Critical Thinking 106

Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 1, 2024

He described “the total pattern of economic exploitation under which Negroes suffer” in northern cities as a “system of internal colonialism” where police and the courts act as “enforcers.” — Jeanne Theoharis in The Atlantic Resources Here are resources about Dr. Came Up Against Chicago Racism ” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor.

Social Justice 52

Social Justice History Economics Tradition 52

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

It is the very essence of white privilege that would lead Loeb to think wealth best positions him to critique Buery’s more than two decades of social-justice work on behalf of black and brown families. Many whites with fierce commitment to social justice lead the organizations I’ve named, and others. Weekly Update.

Charter School 71

Charter School Social Justice Museum Leadership 71

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

At Western Middle, 60 percent of the roughly 700 students are Black, 11 percent are Hispanic or Latino, and 70 percent are considered economically disadvantaged. She joined a program called “ Justice Now ” dedicated to empowering students to organize projects around social justice issues important to them. We’re over it.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

For much of its history, Antioch was ahead of its counterparts in more enviable ways, including its legacy of promoting social justice. “A The college motto: “Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.”. a professor of economics and management at Albion College who has studied the Antioch story.

Economics 81

Economics Social Justice Psychology Library 81

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

written by the great abolitionist and human rights leader Frederick Douglass (1818-1895) to understand how he advised the party of Abraham Lincoln. Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice. Please read “ What to the Slave is the 4 th of July?

History 74

History Museum American History Social Justice 74

Anthropology News

JULY 17, 2024

Their mission is to “transform the educational aspirations and economic realities” of township communities by preparing youth for first-generation higher education and social mobility. These schools often frame their efforts in social justice terms.

Pedagogy 72

Pedagogy Anthropology Geography Private School 72

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

What followed were a series of ultimate insider jobs that culminated with heading the county’s Department of Health and Human Services from 1988 to 1991 and then serving as Milwaukee’s school superintendent from 1991 to 1995. I knew that to some I would be seen as ‘a sellout,’ ” Fuller writes in his memoir, “No Struggle, No Progress.”.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

We see this hierarchy of human worth playing out now in Gaza and the West Bank, as Israeli government ministers call Palestinians “human animals.” 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.

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Teaching K-12 Human Rights Social Justice 52