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Our History Is Not Lost: Resources for Learning and Teaching the Fullness of Black History

ED Surge

Amid bans on teaching Black history and calculated attempts at falsifying history, we all need a recalibration in the importance of telling full stories about America’s past and present. Oral history has preserved Black history, and sharing these stories across generations will preserve truths and offer a blueprint for the future.

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Teaching to the student, not the test

The Hechinger Report

Revere’s school district is one of the leaders in Massachusetts in advancing student-centered learning, which is surprising on multiple levels. It’s an approach associated with affluent private schools — free from state curricula and testing mandates. Students have a say in how the classroom experience is structured, as well.

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‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III

The Hechinger Report

I’m going to keep her at her private school. One of the teachers at his school passed away suddenly over winter break. The post ‘Next year will be a better year’: An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part III appeared first on The Hechinger Report. I’m a little nervous about my son.

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“We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II

The Hechinger Report

My daughter is going to a private school this year. Before the pandemic, it was not high on my list; I was going to send her to public school. The post “We’re really underwater here:” An oral history of year three of pandemic schooling, Part II appeared first on The Hechinger Report. I just don’t.