Elementary School History Social Justice 
The Hechinger Report
AUGUST 27, 2020
and Rosa Parks at her Katy, Texas, elementary school in the Houston area. Ankita Ajith is one of four college-age friends who are petitioning the Texas State Board of Education to create an antiracist American history curriculum. Ankita Ajith can recall learning about slavery, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 14, 2021
The parent associations at Green Lake and Rising Star elementary schools co-sponsored the event so students at the two schools could meet for the first time. Parents from the Green Lake and Rising Star elementary schools in Seattle meet for a spaghetti dinner in late 2019. Credit: Kam Yee. Credit: Dawn Larson.
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The Hechinger Report
APRIL 27, 2021
As teachers we are often nervous about discussing current events with elementary school students. I prepared by selecting supporting books that would allow us to talk about identity, history, children’s voices and white privilege. No specific structure is required, nor should your class structure or setting be limiting factors.
The Hechinger Report
JULY 24, 2019
At the elementary school she worked at before Sussex Tech, kids of all races played together, she said. “I More than a third of the students at Sussex Tech are students of color , but close to 90 percent of its teachers are white, a mismatch evident in many high schools today. It’s our responsibility to students.”.
Zinn Education Project
MARCH 29, 2024
Now my students know that if I am wearing my BLM shirt or Black History Matters shirt at school it is not a performative act — it means that they can hold me accountable to what I have done in and out of class to show that I am living up to that belief. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity.
The Hechinger Report
JUNE 24, 2018
Immigration has always been a difficult issue to grapple with, but we are in the midst of what will be remembered as a particularly dark time in our history. Such spaces allow for uncomfortable conversations where close examinations of the migrant crisis, and other crises of social justice, can be debated in thoughtful ways.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 26, 2020
When schools come back after the coronavirus, black teachers are once again more likely to be lost to the budget cuts and health problems following in its wake. There’s something about living in brown skin that gives you a different set of expectations for your black students than those of your white peers.
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