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How Mentorship Has Kept Me in the Classroom

ED Surge

Our shared values and commitment to social justice fueled us during some of our toughest moments. I saw myself in their struggles with classroom management and lesson planning, and I was eager to share the strategies that had helped me. Without the support of Ms. Hoover and Ms.

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How Schools Can Use Cultural Performing Arts to Reimagine Community-Engaged Learning

ED Surge

Developing the program has been a journey, and I learned that managing a performing arts program is unsustainable without financial support and commitment from school leadership. During one of my social justice blocks, we dedicate a week to the Day of the Dead and its traditions.

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

ED Surge

What Teachers Pay Teachers Is Learning From Bad Lessons and Upset Teachers by Stephen Noonoo The popular lesson planning site Teachers Pay Teachers has long struggled with allegations of plagiarism, racist lesson plans and poor content quality—drawing the ire of teachers and social media users.

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How Teach for America Crushed My Passion for Teaching

ED Surge

As a junior in college, TFA’s "mission” of ending educational inequity appealed to students like myself: hardworking and passionate about the intersection of social justice and education. But shortly after I started the program, I realized I was unprepared for the two years that lie ahead.

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What My Girls Camp Reveals About the Promise of Women in STEM and the Dangers of Online Hate

ED Surge

CompuGirls was founded in 2006 by Dr. Kim Scott and introduces adolescent girls to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) through culturally responsive practices and social justice. When data is disaggregated, Asian American women make up less than 10 percent of the tech industry.

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Teaching about Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Studies Weekly

The third-generation Japanese American congresswoman was a trailblazer who advocated for women’s rights, civil rights, education, and social justice. In 2016, Ko was honored by the National Women’s History Museum for success and leadership in business. Inc, according to ilctr.org.

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‘You can’t help but to wonder’: Crumbling schools, less money, and dismal outcomes in the county that was supposed to change everything for black children in the South

The Hechinger Report

Jake McGraw, of the Jackson-based William Winter Institute, a social justice and racial reconciliation group, said lawmakers thinking of solutions must acknowledge the sum of barriers outside of school in places like Holmes: poor access to health care and the lack of economic development. That is a fact. We need to acknowledge that.”.