The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LaGarrett King, founder and director of the Center for K–12 Black History and Racial Literacy Education at the University of Buffalo The controversies have had subtle reverberations for the classrooms in Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Virginia too. Jefferson County Public Schools revamped its social studies curriculum in 2019.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 26, 2020

In a 2017 study published by the Institute of Labor Economics, researchers found that low- income black male elementary school students who were paired with a black teacher in the third, fourth, or fifth grades were 39 percent less likely to drop out of high school. Related: Teachers could retire in droves by the time schools reopen.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Fourth graders in the state from almost every racial and economic background improved their scores on the exam. A study from University of California, Berkeley economist Rucker Johnson suggests exposure to integrated schools among other reforms, such as high-quality pre-K and equitable school funding, can help disrupt the cycle of poverty.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2017

So when they heard about a week-long program in Tennessee’s Appalachian foothills that would teach them about the Civil Rights Movement of the past and how it connects to the social justice struggle of today, they were eager to attend. They get a deeper understanding of advocacy,” she said.

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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.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

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 Check out workshops by More Social Justice Education Events The post Teach Truth Day of Action 2025 appeared first on Zinn Education Project.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

The schools have taken the principles that Farrell encountered in the Colorado wilderness and applied them to K-12 education around the country. “I Today, EL Education says, the schools in its K-12 network serve about 50,000 students. I thought, school ought to be like [a mountain expedition]. Most are small.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 5, 2017

That’s because few funders are serious about social justice. What makes an organization serious about social justice? One of the planks of NCPR’s framework is to increase the number of serious social justice funders. “A There are other ways to see if a foundation is serious about social justice.

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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.

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Zinn Education Project

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Below are resources to help students probe the long history of colonialism and resistance in Palestine and Israel, the role that our own government has played — and to imagine what justice looks like. Toolkit to Defend K-12 Educators and Librarians Against False Accusations of Antisemitism compiled by Nora Lester Murad and Alice Rothchild.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The previous guide was also incorporated into K-12 and college curricula and into museum and park exhibits. Planet Ed, for one, has just released a Youth Climate Action Guide with the Nature Conservancy that engages many areas of climate literacy, from mitigation to adaptation to justice. “I

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

My support for vouchers,” he said, “didn’t have a damn thing to do with free-market principles … it was a social justice issue to me.”. But he saw an even greater opportunity for low-income black families in a newer idea: charter schools. In 2017 the school received more than $462,000 in contributions, according to IRS filings.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Related: Foundations aren’t helping anyone if they’re not serious about social justice. But not only would MLK have demanded a release of Trump’s tax returns, he would have questioned the economic system that gave rise to his presidency. Take home essay due: Did Abraham Lincoln free the slaves ?

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