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It’s Time to Soften Schools, Not Harden Them

ED Surge

After all, school shooters share some common characteristics, according to an extensive analysis of school shooter profiles conducted by the U.S. While there is no single profile, most school shooters were victims of bullying. Most had a history of school disciplinary infactionsactions. Secret Service in 2019.

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‘State-sanctioned violence:’ Inside one of the thousands of schools that still paddles students

The Hechinger Report

The city itself has had a scrappy commitment to existence in its 123-year history, surviving the boom and bust of the timber industry that first gave it life and weathering the 21st century with a fairly steady population of about 2,500. Sometimes, schools even force children to choose.

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Challenging Anti-History Education Laws: Teachers Receive 14,000 Books on African Americans During WWII

Zinn Education Project

While right-wing legislatures restrict the teaching of Black history, we are pleased to support teachers who work to teach truthfully about U.S. In a class with teachers , Delmont explained the relevance of learning this history. We’ll add more once teachers use the new paperback edition.

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Educators: We Must Be Champions for Our Trans Students

ED Surge

When Texas’ House Bill (HB) 25 went into effect earlier this year, banning transgender students from participating in K-12 sports, I invited teachers at my middle school to stop by my classroom to help with a project to reaffirm our school’s support for trans students.

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OPINION: Palestinian American educators deserve support from their peers

The Hechinger Report

As a pediatric speech-language pathologist, I often find myself in settings where discussing Palestine, or even mentioning my identity as a Palestinian American, presents more challenges than when I worked in the field of human rights and law. It is what inspired them to pursue a career in education. Do you mean Israel?”

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Why students are ignorant about the Civil Rights Movement

The Hechinger Report

An analysis of Mississippi public school textbooks by the Hechinger Report and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting shows that, for at least some grades, all of the state’s 148 school districts rely on textbooks published before the model standards appeared as part of their social studies material. For the study of U.S.

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Health and Healthcare

Zinn Education Project

Below is a lesson, author talks, children’s books, the plight of health care in Gaza, and this day in people’s history entries. Teaching Resources This Day in People’s History Our This Day in People’s History series is searchable by date, theme, and state. Who’s to Blame?

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