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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. Their questions give the adults like me in the room a glimpse into their world. I also see my students’ hands go up when we study world religions, and they can share a story from home.

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TEACHER VOICE: College students who lack basic skills can learn to love reading and writing

The Hechinger Report

And even though they were high school graduates, many were only borderline literate. percent literacy rate , the seventh-lowest among the 50 states, and one of the highest school dropout rates. My students tended to be motivated; otherwise, they wouldn’t have been in college at all. In 2017 New Mexico had an 83.5

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What I Learned From My Students Who Became Teachers

ED Surge

Even more astonishing, five of my former students decided to become high school history teachers, just like me: Paula Katrina Camaya : a former Chicago Public Schools educator currently teaching civics and humanities at Evanston Township High School (ETHS) in Evanston, Illinois. Victoria was in my U.S.