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What if public schools never reopen?

The Hechinger Report

American public schools may never fully recover from the coronavirus crisis. In the next few weeks, public schools in the U.S. The coronavirus pandemic forced schools across the country to switch to remote learning this spring. This could be a watershed year in the history of American public education.

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How Desk Chairs Became a Lesson About What We Deserve in Public Schools

ED Surge

It is not often that we see an overhaul of the furniture in our public school classrooms, let alone in the middle of the school year. Last November, there was an anonymous donation of mobile desk chairs to our school. It was then that I saw the ingrained sense of worth that society has etched into our public schools.

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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Resources for learning and teaching the fullness of Black history all year round. Humanizing pre-colonial history catapulted a spiritual reckoning and unlocked a familiar wholeness for me. From studying African and Black American history, I developed what Joyce E. My desire to know exploded.

History 101
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Amid Public School Restrictions, 'Freedom Schools' in Florida Will Teach Black History

Education Week - Social Studies

a summer program focuses on the diverse histories of Africans and African Americans. Petersburg, Fla.,

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His Teachers Showed Him Why History Matters. Now He Wants to Pay That Forward.

ED Surge

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I did go into an elementary school and I learned that I did not want to be an elementary school teacher. I was always interested in history.

History 115
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‘We must talk about this real history’: Reactions to ‘divisive concepts’ ban

The Hechinger Report

Most (94 percent, or 248 letters) supported repeal, citing concerns such as a climate of fear among teachers and the worry that history couldn’t be taught fully and honestly. OF GILMANTON “The Divisive Concepts law has a chilling effect on teachers, who are afraid to teach honest history for fear of losing their jobs.

History 66
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OPINION: Florida’s governor and the College Board do not get to decide how we learn Black history

The Hechinger Report

Ron DeSantis or the College Board to curate and disburse Black history to us. As despicable and harmful as the Florida governor’s recent rejection of the pilot Advanced Placement (AP) African American Studies course was, DeSantis does not get to decide when and how we learn Black history. DeSantis’ playbook is plagiarized.

History 105