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We Must Teach Black History Like Our Lives Depend on It

ED Surge

Much of that had to do with the fact that I was learning about Black histories for the first time. I live for these histories because they are grounded in formal and informal learning communities, whether in schools, public workshops or even my family home where I first saw the value of Black history.

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Teachers, how does it feel to be an oppressor?

The Hechinger Report

The New York Daily News reported on February 1 — the start of Black History Month — that a teacher in a majority-minority school in the Bronx, NY, instructed three black children in her seventh-grade class to lie on the floor during a lesson on slavery. Related: When black history isn’t relegated to a single month.

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Colleges start looking for ways to house and feed their students who are homeless

The Hechinger Report

In some cases, colleges and universities are trying to avoid losing enrollment; not surprisingly, students in unstable living environments or who can’t afford food have poorer physical health, symptoms of depression, and psychological stress and are more likely to drop out , research shows. Meanwhile, the rooms — smaller than the average 333.3

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The Timing Is Right for Anthro-Journo

Anthropology News

Courses in history, psychology, sociology, and political science are often part of the core curricula in journalism programs,” writes Paula Horvath in Journalism & Mass Communication Educator. Petersburg Times , and Deborah Tannen for The New York Times Magazine , The Washington Post , and Vogue to name a few.

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Needing students, Appalachian colleges reach out to fast-growing Hispanic population

The Hechinger Report

The trailer is just down the road from Hickory, a town Reader’s Digest named one of the 10 best places in America to raise a family and that business magazines have hailed for its entrepreneurial climate. Liberal arts colleges are in crisis,” said Doug Sofer, professor of history at another of these schools, Maryville College in Tennessee.

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The Best Science Podcasts

TeachThought

The Science of Happiness: This book explores scientific insights into happiness and well-being, backed by research in positive psychology. All in the Mind Lynn Malcolm hosts this excellent (and award-winning) show that is entirely centered on stories about the human brain, touching on fields like psychology, neurology, and more.

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Traveling to the African Diaspora to prepare black students for college

The Hechinger Report

Teachers valued her blackness, she said, and taught her the history of African and African-American strength. She’d found, in Ghana, a community and history that affirmed her strength as a black woman. She wanted to major in psychology and minor in criminal law, she told me. I already have a plan of what I’m going to do.”.