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TEACHER VOICE: Students deserve classroom experiences that reflect their history

The Hechinger Report

Students gather once a month at my high school for what we call “equity lunch chats” with teachers and administrators. As a Colorado secondary school history teacher and former English teacher, I believe, and research shows, that student achievement improves when learners are personally engaged.

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OPINION: Black-white disparities in education correlate with teachers’ implicit biases, but it will take more than education reform to solve the issue

The Hechinger Report

history has resulted in persistent unequal access to opportunity. A more diverse workforce in districts at all levels can challenge the structural forces that contribute to the unconscious prejudices of those already working in schools. The systemic oppression of Black men and women throughout U.S.

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Book Bans Threaten Public Education

Zinn Education Project

history does not risk causing some discomfort for the reader? Young and Jeffrey Sachs explain in the Tulsa World , By wielding censorious punishments on school districts, students, and teachers for imagined violations, [Oklahoma state] has undermined educational freedom on an unprecedented scale. What book that looks honestly at U.S.

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Teach Truth, Teach Banned Books

Zinn Education Project

history does not risk causing some discomfort for the reader? Young and Jeffrey Sachs explain in the Tulsa World , By wielding censorious punishments on school districts, students, and teachers for imagined violations, [Oklahoma state] has undermined educational freedom on an unprecedented scale. What book that looks honestly at U.S.