Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2017

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Should middle school teachers let a failing eighth-grade student graduate, knowing that if she’s held back, she’ll likely drop out? Should a private school principal condone inflated grades? Read the original version here.

Social Justice 61

Social Justice Political Science Middle School Human Rights 61

Zinn Education Project

MARCH 10, 2024

A People’s Tribunal on the Coronavirus Pandemic Source: Peter Kneffel/dpa via AP This people’s tribunal by middle-school teacher Caneisha Mills begins with the premise that a heinous crime is being committed as COVID-19 endangers tens of millions of people’s lives. Who’s to Blame? But who or what was responsible for this crime?

K-12 52

K-12 Social Justice Human Rights History 52

ED Surge

DECEMBER 9, 2022

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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Education K-12 Advocacy Government 131