The Hechinger Report

APRIL 22, 2024

Boaler also saw math as a lever to promote social justice. In 2014, San Francisco heeded that call , mixing different achievement levels in middle school classrooms and delaying algebra until ninth grade. Boaler says a half million teachers now visit youcubed’s website each month. She advocated for change.

Social Justice 145

Social Justice Middle School Tradition Civics 145

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 27, 2022

By 2021, it had committed to its most ambitious goal yet: overhauling the way Fairfax County Public Schools teaches students to read and supports struggling readers. Symone Walker, co-chair of Arlington’s NAACP education committee, sent a similar letter to Arlington Public Schools as the one that engendered change in Fairfax.

High School 145

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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. It’s the middle of my first year back in the classroom after a year away as the 2017 National Teacher of the Year. Kevin teaches math at Nissitissit Middle School in Pepperell, Massachusetts.

Leadership 106

Leadership Social Justice Middle School Public School 106

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Unusually for Buffalo’s public schools — where 20 percent of students are white and 46 percent are Black — about half of the fourth grade class was white. Nearly 60 percent of students in gifted education are white, according to the most recent federal data , compared to 50 percent of public school enrollment overall.

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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.

Education 128

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 7, 2023

LOUISVILLE Just blocks from where hundreds of protestors gathered near the Ohio River waterfront after the death of Breonna Taylor in 2020 sits Central High School. The school is steeped in history: It was the first African American public school in Kentucky, and counts boxer Muhammad Ali among its alumni.

History 98

History American History Teaching K-12 98

Diane Ravitch

MAY 9, 2023

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the State Education Department had rejected 35% of the social studies textbooks submitted for review because of leftist content. The DeSantis administration objects to any references to “social justice” or negative references to capitalism. history and world history courses.

Social Studies 40

Social Studies Social Justice K-12 Civics 40

Zinn Education Project

JUNE 15, 2024

Area Educators for Social Justice hosted interactive Teach Truth pop-up display tables on June 8 at: Busboys and Poets Brookland. Hundreds of people stopped by the booth hosted by the DC Area Educators for Social Justice at the Capital Pride festival on June 9. District of Columbia The D.C. Capital Pride Festival.

Teaching 87

Teaching Library Museum Social Justice 87

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 19, 2017

“The original idea for EL was taking the ideas of a good progressive education, the best of it, and combining it into something that could be implemented and serve low-income kids,” said Meg Campbell, co-founder of Boston’s Codman Academy Charter Public School, a member of the EL Education network. Most are small.

K-12 66

K-12 Charter School Middle School Elementary School 66

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

Howard Fuller, former superintendent of Milwaukee’s public schools. Schools led and controlled by black people. He’s built a long career out of advocating for the vehicles he believes are the black community’s best hope for self-determination: vouchers and charter schools. Fuller’s remedy? The whole thing collapsed.”.

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Charter School Private School Heritage Social Justice 111

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 9, 2021

On a hot Friday afternoon in late August, Amia Bridgeford stood outside of the chain-link fence bordering Western Middle School of the Arts, an imposing brick building with arched windows in western Louisville. It was four days before the beginning of a new school year. Louis Redd, middle school teacher.

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