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Teachers of the Year Say Educators Deserve More Trust

ED Surge

Her mother was a middle school science teacher whose parenting “really incorporated a lot of that curiosity and wonder and awe, kind of like we saw at the Smithsonian here today,” she says. Rivera grew up to become a middle school science teacher, too. During a memorable lesson filmed in Washington, D.C.,

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How do we teach Black history in polarized times? Here’s what it looks like in three cities

The Hechinger Report

In this school system, in a politically liberal city in a swing state where more than half of students are Black and nearly a quarter are Hispanic , there’s been little of the pushback or controversy over African American history that has roiled other school districts and states. “In Santana goes deep.”

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Teach Truth Day of Action 2024 Event Highlights

Zinn Education Project

and the Phillips County Retired Teachers Association at the Eliza Miller Junior and Senior High School Historic Site, named for educator and philanthropist Eliza Ann Ross Miller. They added extra books and a high school student engaged people in conversations about Teach Truth and book banning.

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People’s History Teaching Stories

Zinn Education Project

The primary and secondary sources are perfect for middle school readers at multiple levels. It introduces middle school students that there are forms of resistance that aren’t immediately obvious. Leading our workshop was an Indigenous Education Leader from Louis Riel School Division.

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