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Ethics in the Classroom

Digital Promise

” Fleming, a human rights advocate, explains that the circumstances Ada is living under could be defined as an armed conflict or a war zone. The cases also give educators a chance to consider diverse perspectives. Others provide more abstract interpretations. Willie “J.R.”

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‘We’ve failed them’: How South Carolina education policy hurts ‘Dreamers’ — and costs taxpayers

The Hechinger Report

‘We’ve failed them’: How South Carolina education policy hurts ‘Dreamers’ — and costs taxpayers. He’s pursuing a double major in marketing and human resources, with the goal of working for a business or nonprofit that focuses on poverty, education or human rights.

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South African students take the lead in protests over college costs and equity

The Hechinger Report

In the United States, too, states cut funding by 23 percent per student, on average, in the five years after the recession, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities calculates. The same is true of U.S. Student protesters stage a sit-in over fees in the administration building of the University of Witwatersrand. Photo: Ihsaan Haffejee. “A

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OPINION: Time to bring back our relationship with UNESCO for its strong commitment to education

The Hechinger Report

The mural, which stretches the length of a football field, intersperses student artwork with text from the United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It was inspired by a group of eighth graders who, in December 2012, just months after Yousafzai’s shooting, had attended a human rights conference in Canada.