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How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice

The Hechinger Report

Tyndall turned down a bevy of offers from colleges in other states to attend Rutgers’ Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC), which brings together dozens of students each year for a residential program that combines rigorous academics with a social-justice focus. “I They’re in a great position in the job market.”.

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Inside one school’s efforts to bridge the divide between white teachers and students of color

The Hechinger Report

Virginia Forcucci speaks to students in her 10th grade English class at Sussex Tech High School. On a recent Thursday morning, when most of their peers were busy prepping for the day, a dozen teachers and staff at Delaware’s Sussex Tech High School sat down to talk about race. Photo: Kelly Field for The Hechinger Report.

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Leadership during a crisis: Class update 2

Dangerously Irrelevant

This is my second update on my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership During a Crisis. Leadership for social justice: Class update 1. Coronavirus Chronicles 007 – Mendon-Upton Regional School District. Coronavirus Chronicles 022 – Grossmont Union High School District.

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OPINION: Can Zoom classes keep students excited and engaged? We have found some ways

The Hechinger Report

However, we’re convinced that the success of this class is owed to our ability to build a community based on nurturing shared interests in politics and social justice – along with deep reservoirs of trust nurtured during two months of pre-pandemic, in-person classes.

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The importance of difficult conversations in U.S. classrooms: Teaching about the migrant crisis

The Hechinger Report

high schools each year. 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. Department of Homeland Security.

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TEACHER VOICE: ‘Which police officer will see me not as an educator or a scientist, but as a suspect?’

The Hechinger Report

One of the most dramatic came in high school after the administration told me I couldn’t wear an Afro because it was a “fad.” “Eventually, I gained confidence to sit in the front row of department lectures and seminars, taking notes and publicly asking questions. After graduating from high school, I let my hair grow out.

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In Memoriam: Sharon James

Society for Classical Studies

The public impact of their Institute reached far beyond the Institute itself: the videos they produced have been viewed more than 35,000 times, in 130 countries, and have become indispensable teaching tools for high school and college teachers.