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OPINION: You can’t teach psychology without covering gender and sexuality, and you can’t teach history without covering racism

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We have to place facts, history and science at the heart of our education systems. AP Psychology is a popular course, and rigorous AP classes help prepare students for college and demonstrate their skills for college admissions. The study of psychology is particularly important in this regard because it is a field led by women.

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A researcher said the evidence on special education inclusion is flawed. Readers weighed in

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The article notes that Dr. Fuchs is concentrating on academic outcomes and acknowledges that inclusion may have psychological or social benefits that were [not] studied. Social or psychological benefitslike peer interaction, belonging, and reduced isolationarent incidental to learning/academic achievement.

Research 131
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As a 6-year-old, Leona Tate helped desegregate schools. Now she wants others to learn that history

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Almost all of Tate’s years in public school — from first grade to high school graduation — were spent within the turmoil of newly desegregated schools. The story’s breadth is rarely explained, said Tate, who wants visitors to McDonogh 19 to learn the history, within the very space where history was made.

History 111
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Pre-K may boost math scores even eight years later

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We weren’t surprised,” said Stacey Neuharth-Pritchett, a professor of educational psychology at the University of Georgia, and one of the authors of the study , which encompassed 458 children. Throughout its history, the program has maintained high quality standards and during the year studied, a majority of teachers had master’s degrees.

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Column: Pop quiz: What state just banned an AP African American studies course?

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Florida is doing its best to tilt the scales and shut down important, much-needed discussions of race, slavery, stolen lands, and undeniable history that have led us to where we are as a society today.” He added a dire warning: “What just happened in Florida … is coming your way. There’s nothing objectional. Here we go again?

K-12 131
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The new homeschoolers: More diverse, very committed

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In the 1970s and 80s, groups of primarily white, Christian fundamentalists drove a surge in the number of home-schooling families around the country. As they pulled their children out of public schools, they also worked to dismantle state and local regulatory hurdles that kept kids in brick-and-mortar institutions.

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OPINION: The time has come to stop assigning letter and number grades

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She was not alone: A December report revealed that nearly one in five Nashville public school students was failing at least one class. Students may start to see themselves as a “B” student in math or a “D” student in history. In some of the 16,800 school districts across the U.S., I believe this is wrong.