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Leadership for social justice: Class update 1

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Thought I’d post a quick update on how my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership for Social Justice , is going. We are trying to approach the class through a very broad social justice lens, which means that we’re discussing a variety of different school leadership equity contexts.

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How one university is luring coveted honors students with social justice

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Tyndall turned down a bevy of offers from colleges in other states to attend Rutgers’ Honors Living-Learning Community (HLLC), which brings together dozens of students each year for a residential program that combines rigorous academics with a social-justice focus. “I Eventually, he’d like to serve as either the U.S.

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The importance of difficult conversations in U.S. classrooms: Teaching about the migrant crisis

The Hechinger Report

She brings her class together through Socratic seminars, debates and technology, and she encourages conversations about topics that many consider “too hard” for fifth-graders. Such spaces allow for uncomfortable conversations where close examinations of the migrant crisis, and other crises of social justice, can be debated in thoughtful ways.

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OPINION: Can Zoom classes keep students excited and engaged? We have found some ways

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However, we’re convinced that the success of this class is owed to our ability to build a community based on nurturing shared interests in politics and social justice – along with deep reservoirs of trust nurtured during two months of pre-pandemic, in-person classes.

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TEACHER VOICE: ‘Which police officer will see me not as an educator or a scientist, but as a suspect?’

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“Eventually, I gained confidence to sit in the front row of department lectures and seminars, taking notes and publicly asking questions. Eventually, I gained confidence to sit in the front row of department lectures and seminars, taking notes and publicly asking questions.

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Inside one school’s efforts to bridge the divide between white teachers and students of color

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Deangello Eley, criminal justice teacher, Sussex Tech High School. When the school held a mandatory seminar last fall to discuss the impact of race on student learning, some teachers and staff walked out, accusing the school of sowing division between teachers. Some people don’t think we have an issue with race at all.”.

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Leadership during a crisis: Class update 2

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This is my second update on my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership During a Crisis. Leadership for social justice: Class update 1. As I said in my last post about this class , my six students have been co-creating the class with me…. Plus my students are incredible. Related Posts. Leadership during a crisis: Class update 1.