Humanities Private School Social Justice 
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 16, 2020
Related: What if public schools never reopen? This flies in the face of common sense and human history, deBoer argued. These myths are harmful, in deBoer’s view, because they lead us to conflate academic ability and human worth. It is pernicious, it is cruel, and it must change,” he writes. Maybe they never will.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 23, 2021
Paul Public Schools, speaks with Yusanat Tway (right), a first-generation University of Minnesota student interested in attending law school but worried that work in human rights advocacy will not pay enough to justify the cost. He said staff members had set up food drives in school parking lots as the pandemic hit. “Our
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Digital Promise
AUGUST 2, 2017
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? As a response to Ada’s dilemma, the writer imagines appropriate alternative schooling that will allow Ada to heal and thrive.
Anthropology News
JULY 17, 2024
Black youth experiences at a progressive low-fee private school in a postapartheid city illuminate the politics and limits of aspiration. Founded in 2004, Launch is a network of eight low-fee private schools serving grades eight through twelve across four of South Africa’s nine provinces.
The Hechinger Report
MARCH 9, 2021
Twelve miles south of Western Middle, at Stuart Academy, another middle school in Louisville, eighth grade math teacher Louis Redd was beginning to grasp how much his students were struggling. She joined a program called “ Justice Now ” dedicated to empowering students to organize projects around social justice issues important to them.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 15, 2018
From Marcus Garvey to Malcolm X, the notion that separate and equal is not only possible, but in some cases preferable, has been a rallying point for those who believe that black educators should be the ones designing and leading schools for black children. Related: Early evidence of a ‘Trump effect’ on bullying in schools.
Dangerously Irrelevant
OCTOBER 15, 2020
On whether or not we’re going to restore fundamental human decency to our nation. Denial of ongoing racial injustice and attacks on social justice-oriented remedies and protections. Xenophobia, nationalism, and the denial of the humanity of others – particularly Black and Brown people – around the globe.
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