Dangerously Irrelevant

MAY 31, 2017

Some folks know that I started my education career as a middle school Social Studies teacher in Charlotte, North Carolina. For instance, if I was teaching Social Studies today… My students and I definitely would be tapping into an incredible diversity of online resources. We could play Fantasy Geography.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

As a lecturer at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, where I teach econometrics and research methods, I spend a lot of time thinking about the intersection between data, education and social justice — and how generative AI will reshape the experience of gathering, analyzing and using data for change.

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Heinemann Blog

JUNE 3, 2024

How can we rely on our human capacity to love, to engage in teaching for social justice even in the presence of fear?

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ED Surge

JANUARY 6, 2022

Stories about burnout, toxic positivity and putting respect back in the teaching profession were all exceedingly popular. In response, the site rolled out new social justice initiatives and more responsive content moderation. We Need to Make Schools Human Again. First among them is how difficult the job has become.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 16, 2018

Educators also should work towards learning about the backgrounds of their students so they understand students’ cultural and social norms. Be diverse in what you teach and read. We also have to avoid the pitfall of teaching about the same historical people from various cultures as well (e.g.,

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Julian Ambriz (left), a teacher joining PUC Schools through the Alumni Teach Project this year, works with his mentor, Justin Gutierrez (right), a physical education teacher, during a training session in July. Now 24 years old, he is one of 11 new residents joining the PUC Schools network through the school system’s Alumni Teach Project.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 27, 2020

Andrea Queeley teaches her course about societies and cultures of the Caribbean at Florida International University. Subjects like this provide “a more responsible and informed approach that is about creating justice and about righting the wrongs of the past,” she says. Related: Will this semester forever alter college?

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Anthropology News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Kimberlé Crenshaw stated that in its original formulation, Intersectionality worked to expose “ how single-axis thinking undermines legal thinking, disciplinary knowledge production, and struggles for social justice.” Studying human bodies provides a deep historical perspective on social dynamics whose echoes remain with us today.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This flies in the face of common sense and human history, deBoer argued. The right’s blind faith insists that “if we have school choice in the form of charter schools and private school vouchers … competitive pressures will force the schools and teachers to teach better, and to churn out students who are excelling academically.”.

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Credentials that adhere to the Open Badges or CLR [Comprehensive Learner Record] standards have a specific way of packaging that data to be both human-readable and machine-readable. The digital credential program is helping promote equity and social justice, reaching communities beyond the traditional educational pathway.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Related: The next frontier for college programs for prisoners and ex-prisoners: Teaching them entrepreneurship Individuals who participate in educational programming while incarcerated are 43 percent less likely to return to prison , that makes education the most powerful rehabilitative tool a prisoner can embrace.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 27, 2021

Know your “why” — why it matters to the students in front of you and why you are choosing to teach in the manner you are with the materials you have chosen. Related: How do you teach antiracism to the youngest students? Jennifer Magee is a fourth grade teacher in Middleton, Wisconsin, and an 18-year teaching veteran.

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Cult of Pedagogy

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

Maybe you believe gender fluidity has always been a part of human existence and that those statistics only exist because we are just now getting around to naming and measuring it. Join our mailing list and get weekly tips, tools, and inspiration that will make your teaching more effective and fun. ” Come back for more.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2018

. Service, liberal education, being responsive to society’s needs, and a commitment to social justice: the tenets of a Jesuit education look a lot more like the innovative future than some might think. The founder of the Jesuit order, St. We ignore this at our own risk. Related: Is college enrollment among older adults increasing?

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Zinn Education Project

MARCH 29, 2024

Each year, the Zinn Education Project hosts Teaching for Black Lives study groups across the United States. Using the Rethinking Schools book Teaching for Black Lives , educators explore how to teach about racism, resistance, and joy in free, teacher-led professional learning communities. history, racism, and LGBTQ+ identity.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

BOSTON — Katie Cardamone teaches second grade in the Mendon-Upton Regional School District, about 40 miles southwest of Boston. Barely 1 percent of Mendon’s population is Latino and about 2 percent of Upton’s is, but Cardamone teaches her entire class in Spanish. We talk about our existence as an act of social justice.”.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

My teaching workweek was practically full-time, but I had two other jobs. I first got into teaching because I loved kids and I loved books. After college, I got my first job as a sixth grade humanities teacher in south Los Angeles. I’m now an adjunct professor at a minority-serving university teaching freshman English courses.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Antioch College in Ohio, which focuses on activism and social justice and is governed collectively by its faculty and students, reopened after closing for three years, during which faculty and alumni sued and raised money to revive it. The college attracts students who think it can teach them to help make the world better.

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ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2023

Soon, employees from one of the world’s most influential companies will arrive to teach these students about computer science: how to program computer games, how to work with data and how to found and run a business. Code Next is a perfect example of how better spaces can create social justice,” Kurani said.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 6, 2018

College Track shares my belief, and my culture’s belief, that education is a fundamental human right. It was also through College Track that I was introduced to the Dream Summer Fellowship, which teaches immigrant youth how to participate effectively in social justice work, including addressing immigrant rights, issues and responsibilities.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 15, 2024

Contents Action Plan Overview | Action Plan Step-by-Step Guide Media Guide | Posters and Graphics Messages for Signs, Social Media, and Chants | Record a Statement Coordinators and Co-Sponsors | Workshops and More Events It’s time to take action. These laws and restrictions have been imposed in at least 18 states.

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Edthena

JUNE 7, 2021

Educators often review videos of their teaching to reflect on and strengthen their instructional practice. But what about increasing inclusion in the classroom for students? Video can and should also serve this larger purpose of student equity. A proposal for teacher candidates includes self-reflection of recorded behaviors.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 5, 2021

Adults with workplace skills such as human resources training or financial management deserve credit for such college-level learning, said Mathew Bergman, an associate professor at the University of Louisville who is a national expert in adult learning and teaches in the program. “If

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The students helped research and re-fresh APSA Educate’s Teaching the Russia-Ukriance War Resource Collection. They also talked to APSA Educate about their passion for civic education, social justice, scholarly analysis, and interest in studying political science at the undergraduate level.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

EdClusters18 brought together nearly 100 leaders from more than 20 regions and 48 organizations across the country working to advance future-facing teaching and learning. Education is the social justice issue of our time…period. See the full agenda here.) What will it take to produce a more equitable and reflective system?

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2020

If human prejudice runs that deeply in Americans and those trusted to protect and serve us, we still have a lot of work to do. It meant helping my students craft elegant poetry infused with messages of social justice as their spoken word poetry coach. She will be a minority wherever she goes.

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Cult of Pedagogy

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

But I think now it’s especially important because we have so many things that they’re exposed to that are teaching like the wrong lessons. How do you build community with them before they engage in those kind of discussions to kind of inoculate the conversations against natural human mistakes that people make.

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Political Science Now

AUGUST 15, 2024

Citation from the Award Committee: A self-described, “high-spirited feminist philosopher and political scientist”, Dr. Loonat is a passionate advocate for equity and social justice. Dr. Loonat’s dedication to teaching excellence is exemplified by multiple teaching awards at Skagit Valley College.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Gifted education needs to diversify, they said — for racial and social justice, and because otherwise it might not survive. They teach kids (and adults) to systematically look at a challenge from several different perspectives. In panel after panel, experts and educators wrung their hands and proffered solutions.

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Maitri Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

At the AIMS (Association of Illinois Montessori Schools) conference this past weekend, I was honored to meet with about 500 educators and administrators and teach about where Dr. Montessori's theory on the planes of development meets our current understanding of neurodevelopment. How will I contribute to humanity?"

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Maitri Learning

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

At the AIMS (Association of Illinois Montessori Schools) conference this past weekend, I was honored to meet with about 500 educators and administrators and teach about where Dr. Montessori's theory on the planes of development meets our current understanding of neurodevelopment. How will I contribute to humanity?"

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Geogramblings

APRIL 18, 2023

A piece of poetry performed at the Geographical Association Annual Conference 2023 TeachMeet titled ‘#NothingAboutUsWithoutUs (The Power of Geography Voice)’ The full TeachMeet recording with a range of teaching ideas and thoughts for the Geography teacher can be found on YouTube here.

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Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 27, 2024

Literature transforms human experience and reflects it back to us, and in that reflection we can see our own lives and experiences as part of the larger human experience. Curating the kind of library that truly reflects the diversity of human experience takes time, intention, money, and good tools. ” Come back for more.

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Zinn Education Project

JANUARY 2, 2025

The right has declared war on teaching the truth about structural racism and sexism and on LGBTQ+ youth. Find an event near you and show up Go to a historic site and take a photo with a Teach Truth sign that you make or download. Event hosts can receive a Teach Truth pop-up installation box with banned books and other resources.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

A year ago, a Pennsylvania school board voted to ban a long list of books and other materials relating to race and social justice. Legislators in at least 27 states have proposed or enacted bans on teaching critical race theory and other so-called divisive concepts, with significant penalties attached.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 18, 2017

In my first year of teaching, I had to design and teach a unit on the Haitian Revolution. Education is a tool for social justice.”. Education is a tool for social justice. As a white educator, it is my duty to educate myself and work against this injustice. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

have been teaching humanities to ninth-graders at Codman Academy Charter Public School in Boston for the last 12 years. While on my journey, I observed three patterns in particular that I’d like to share: Teacher leadership, social and emotional learning, and fellowship. Sometimes, in teaching, we feel isolated from one another.

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