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EdSurge’s Year in Review: The Top 10 K-12 Stories of 2021

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by Dominik Dresel Amazon’s efforts to expand its footprint in K-12 education through digital tools have largely fizzled. In response, the site rolled out new social justice initiatives and more responsive content moderation. We Need to Make Schools Human Again. Jeff Bezos Wants to Go to the Moon.

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Renowned HBCU creates a ‘safe haven’ for Black feminist and queer studies

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Email Address Choose from our newsletters Weekly Update Future of Learning Higher Education Early Childhood Proof Points Leave this field empty if you’re human: ATLANTA – As more and more attempts to restrict discussion of gender and race in K-12 schools across the country take hold, where do the ideas go?

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OPINION: Why attacking educators for antiracist teaching is dangerous

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And I believe the way to teach children to see the humanity in others starts with an inclusive classroom, where students develop empathy and hear about experiences both similar to, and different from, their own. These bills forbid teachers from providing instruction that wades deeply into social justice topics.

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OPINION: What if everything we believe about education is a lie?

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If there was ever a time to ask big, heretical questions about American K-12 education, it’s when schooling has been thrown into chaos by a pandemic, and Americans’ faith in institutions, including schools, is at ebb tide. This flies in the face of common sense and human history, deBoer argued. Maybe they never will.

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COLUMN: Should schools teach climate activism?

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Social justice is a core value of Fannie Lou Hamer Freedom High School, and the school also belongs to a special assessment cons ortium , giving it more freedom in what is taught than a typical New York City public high school. Sanes gets a lot of support for this approach from his administration. When I first got there.

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A Teaching Mentor Once Told Me: ‘Our Ancestors Want Us to Rest’

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My journey into teaching was born from a deep-seated curiosity about the transformative power of education and a drive for social justice. Reflecting on the stress I feel, I am brought back to my own experiences navigating the American K-12 system as an immigrant student. That burden, I carry quietly, and often alone.

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How to find minority teachers who want to stay in the job?

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Elizabeth Pérez, a new teacher joining PUC Schools through the Alumni Teach Project, and her mentor, humanities teacher Joe Garza, during a training session in July. The program’s emphasis on social justice has also taught him how to craft better lessons. Photo: Jamie Martines.