ED Surge

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Danielle Grasso Vinas, Assistant Principal of Crescent Heights Social Justice & S.T.E.A.M. Magnet Elementary School , is excited about the prospect of redesigning traditional approaches to assessment and instruction.

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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

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

In the Austin Independent School District in Texas, administrators recognize that same value for their native Spanish speakers who enter the public schools without English fluency. We talk about [our dual-language school] as a revolution. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”.

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 2, 2024

My journey into teaching was born from a deep-seated curiosity about the transformative power of education and a drive for social justice. Today, I teach at an elementary school where more than 65 percent of the students identify as Hispanic / Latino. That burden, I carry quietly, and often alone.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

School district leaders committed to radical and swift change. They are part of a nationwide movement to embrace what cognitive science shows us about how students learn to read, particularly about the role of phonics—and they see this as a path toward social justice.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2021

As teachers we are often nervous about discussing current events with elementary school students. Let’s not avoid them, because by bringing the discussions into our classrooms we create opportunities to celebrate joy, justice and equality.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2023

It's like kids are already getting knocked out for the count in elementary school.” Code Next is a perfect example of how better spaces can create social justice,” Kurani said. Designing a Space for Belonging The Code Next lab occupies a retail storefront across from the Fruitvale subway station in East Oakland.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 27, 2016

Kindergarten students participate in class at Sylvanie Williams College Prep elementary school, on January 16, 2015 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Three charters may not seem like a lot, but keep in mind the charter wave that swept over New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina began with just five schools. .

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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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. “She She was an older white woman.”.

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

They organized to change the name of an elementary school where three study group members work. Visioning and professional development Host a study group of school leaders to inform their school’s vision for the future and plans for professional development for their school and/or district.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 25, 2016

The poems these students at Samuel Powel Elementary School are writing mark the latest phase in their year-long project on gun violence. In March, Philadelphia elementary school teacher Joe Alberti gave his fourth-grade class a writing assignment: Compose a poem using the prompt, “Because there was a gun.”

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

One of the most rigorous summer school studies looked at an unnamed Northeastern city that made summer school mandatory to elementary school children who failed year-end tests. One district spent almost $70,000 in supermarket gift cards for parents and small treats for kids, such as pizza and ice cream.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 24, 2018

Maureen Farina, a fifth-grade teacher at Bear Tavern Elementary School in Titusville, New Jersey, heads a classroom that is diverse in terms of culture, socioeconomic status, family political beliefs, and student interests and abilities. Related: COLUMN: How teachers should talk to students about Trump’s racism.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2022

Various theories circulate among researchers as to why mental health has been declining, including the influence of social media, changing parenting styles, and a seemingly unstable world confronting climate change, social justice, and political polarization. The National Association of School Psychologists was formed in 1969.

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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.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

Today, every EL student belongs to a group of peers that meets regularly with an adult; the students remain together through their time at school. Service is key, so projects often involve themes of social justice and community improvement. The EL slogan is, “We are crew, not passengers.”.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 16, 2019

begin language study in middle or high school. Only 58 percent of middle schools and 25 percent of elementary schools offer a foreign language in 2008, according to a 2017 report by the Commission on Language Learning, which was formed in response to a request by Congress to look deeper into foreign language learning in the United States.

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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 7, 2022

I even found “Heather” again: In December 2021, a Pennsylvania school district ordered the removal of the book from all of its elementary-school libraries over parental objections, leading its author, Lesléa Newman, to declare : “It’s 1992 all over again.”. “No

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

We focus on education, health, the environment, public safety and social justice issues. The Steel Valley School District operates two elementary schools in a shoulder of the Monongahela River. One school enrolls mostly black students. I need to get these elementary kids learning together.

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Zinn Education Project

JUNE 15, 2024

Area Educators for Social Justice hosted interactive Teach Truth pop-up display tables on June 8 at: Busboys and Poets Brookland. Hundreds of people stopped by the booth hosted by the DC Area Educators for Social Justice at the Capital Pride festival on June 9. District of Columbia The D.C. Capital Pride Festival.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

As early as elementary school, “we grew up having to learn about lockdowns” in response to mass shootings, said Andrew LoMonte, one of the students staffing the voter table. Even before they arrive, however, students are politically active, said Brittany Aydelotte, director of the school’s Community Engaged Learning Institute.

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