The Hechinger Report

JULY 16, 2021

After a spirited welcome and a reminder to stay hydrated at this elevation (5,675 feet), she plays a video with peppy music, scenes of happy undergraduates enjoying fun traditions and the inevitable soaring drone footage of majestic campus landmarks. Credit: Sara Hertwig for The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 30, 2024

Programs designed with these students in mind give them training so that they have a shot to compete for STEM jobs with salaries that can lead to economic and social mobility. Both the Marcy Lab School and Hack the Hood are nonprofits funded by donations from philanthropic groups.) They often believe they can’t afford any wrong turns.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

. Service, liberal education, being responsive to society’s needs, and a commitment to social justice: the tenets of a Jesuit education look a lot more like the innovative future than some might think. It has evolved its approach and dynamically responds to social, cultural and economic change over time.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 13, 2022

It shows that school closures widened both economic and racial inequality in learning — which was already at unacceptable rates prior to the pandemic. The latest study from Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research is based on testing data from 2.1 million students across the country.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 4, 2019

And given the former abundance of well-paying, blue-collar jobs in this corner of Indiana, the university is also up against a regional tradition that doesn’t necessarily place a high value on a college degree, she said. And that can provide a sense of direction for Latinx students who feel isolated. Aaron Cantú, for The Hechinger Report.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Advocates for reproductive and birth justice, social-justice approaches to these problems, have helped to spotlight the role of health inequities in our society, says Crystal Tyler, the chief health officer for Rhia Ventures, which invests into birth equity-related companies. So absolutely, all this stuff is related,” she adds.

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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. Martin Luther King Jr., beyond the traditional narrative.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

They include traditional public schools and charters. 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.”. Derek Pierce, principal, Casco Bay Academy. Most are small.

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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 a professor of economics and management at Albion College who has studied the Antioch story. A hippy school,” its own students, alumni and faculty call it fondly. Vicki Baker.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

The dominance of white leadership sends a message that only whites can save black and brown people from abysmal traditional public education (which, too, is typically led and operated by whites). Many whites with fierce commitment to social justice lead the organizations I’ve named, and others. Loeb is white and Buery is black.

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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

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Fuller’s ideas revive a long-standing tradition of African-American educational self-reliance. 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.”. In 2017 the school received more than $462,000 in contributions, according to IRS filings.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

The pages are laid out like a textbook, featuring artwork that depicts some of the core themes of climate literacy — as defined in the report – like climate justice and traditional and Indigenous knowledges (the plural s is intentional). Not just the science, but social justice.

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