The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

Less than a month after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Harvard’s admissions dean announced the university’s commitment to enrolling a higher number of Black students than in the past. Soon, other Ivy League universities, such as Yale, Princeton and Columbia, increased efforts to enroll Black students, too, and the era of affirmative action was born.

Economics 83

Economics Tutoring Public School Tradition 83

Learn for Living

JULY 18, 2023

In the fall of 2022, our team shared a podcast with John Eick when he originally shared the idea of Scroll Your Roll. A simple activity where people share a snapshot of their lives during a staff meeting or even in the classroom. At a recent School Culture Summit one of the schools mentioned they had used Scroll Your Roll once and then turned the rubix cube to make it a Scavenger Hunt.

Cultures 52

Cultures 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 18, 2023

SALEM, Ore. — Jaeci Hall completed her dissertation in tears. She was writing about the importance of revitalizing and teaching Indigenous languages, specifically the Nuu-wee-ya’ language and her tribe’s dialects. “I spent months writing,” she said, “just crying while I wrote because of how it felt to not be recognized.” This story also appeared in Oregon Public Broadcasting Hall — who graduated in 2021 with a doctorate in linguistics from the University of Oregon — is the language coordin

History 78

History Government Cultures Heritage 78

ED Surge

JULY 18, 2023

Hayley Wise has had to move houses four times in the last 12 years that she’s been a home-based child care provider. Every time she’s moved, Wise’s rent has gone up. Every time she’s moved, she’s had to restart the daunting search for a sympathetic landlord who will rent to her even though she is licensed to have up to 14 young children in her care each day.

Education 85

Education Educational Technology 85

ED Surge

JULY 18, 2023

“Andrew” grew up in poverty, and neither of his parents went to college. “Carl” grew up in an affluent and well-educated family, with a father who rose through the ranks to become a colonel in the U.S. Army. Both of these students are Black. And their divergent histories reveal the socioeconomic diversity of Black students who study at the nation’s most selective colleges.

Sociology 79

Sociology History Research Education 79