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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher. But I did enjoy teaching.

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Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

ED Surge

In one Philadelphia-area public school district, a K-8 teacher recalled, “We had an online morning meeting every day, and still, nothing was said in that morning meeting. The morning after the news broke, however, Asian American educators across the country largely had to show up for work as if nothing out of the ordinary had happened.

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PROOF POINTS: Inside the latest reading study that’s getting a lot of buzz

The Hechinger Report

It’s geography; it’s history; it’s science; it’s cooking; it’s athletics, whatever that broad knowledge is about the world we live in. It comes from lots of different sources, sometimes from families, sometimes communities, sometimes from school. Some postponed starting kindergarten that year.

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How gaps in content knowledge hold students back

The Hechinger Report

In Baltimore City Public Schools, where about 80 percent of students are black, educators have long tried to incorporate African-American culture into their teaching. We never had the opportunity to celebrate the rich culture,” said Janise Lane, executive director of teaching and learning at Baltimore City Public Schools.

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How States Can Take a Grassroots Approach to Training More Bilingual Teachers

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While California and Texas have the most English learners in public schools — perhaps unsurprising given their proximity to Mexico — the states experiencing the most growth among school-age English learners are mainly outside the Southwest. Geography is another hardship for potential bilingual educators.

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OPINION: Why Thomas Jefferson would be proud of Florida’s students

The Hechinger Report

Here’s something to think about when you hear people question whether student protests are appropriate: We seem to have forgotten as a nation why we created public schools. No one is confused about why we have public fire departments or libraries: We all understand their mission for the public good. Not so much.

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Activist students go to summer camp to learn how to help institute a ‘green new deal’ on their campuses

The Hechinger Report

The Green New Deal for Schools is so important right now in the U.S., where our school buildings are crumbling, where our students are not being adequately prepared to face the realities of the climate crisis, where there are vast inequities across race and class.” He said he wants educators to emphasize solutions, too.