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When a Boston school fired a teacher over Langston Hughes lesson
Axios· 4 days agoFifty-nine years ago this month, Jonathan Kozol was fired from his substitute teaching job at the Christopher Gibson School in Boston. The intrigue: Boston’s history of racism illustrates tactics ...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoThis comes after Gov. Greg Abbott previously signed a bill that banned teachers from discussing critical race theory and the 1619 Project ...
How school segregation survived Boston’s busing
WBUR Boston· 3 days agoChildren at the Lewenberg School in Mattapan studied outdated curricula in a run-down building. In the spring of 1974, district officials paid little...
The Surprising Contenders for State Superintendent Offices This Year
Education Week· 6 days agoCandidates with no experience teaching in or leading schools are at the center of two state...
Backlash against DEI spreads to more states
South Carolina Daily Gazette via Yahoo News· 4 days agoSALT LAKE CITY — Shortly after taking office in 2023, Republican state Rep. Katy Hall heard from constituents complaining about how their adult children...
Reform UK election pledges: 11 key policies analysed
BBC via Yahoo News· 5 days agoReform UK also says it will ban what it calls "critical race theory" in primary and secondary schools and any teaching of slavery must ...
A school board reinstated Confederate names. It split the community again.
Washington Post· 7 days agoA.D. Carter V worries about the pressure he’ll feel next year when he walks through the doors of the...
Gateway - The Root
The Root· 5 days agoWhile school officials are arguing in board meetings about teaching critical race theory and the truth about American history, Gov. Gavin ...
Opinion: Harvard’s backtracking on DEI highlights a bigger problem | CNN
CNN.com· 1 day agoWhen the 2020 murder of George Floyd inspired a national reassessment of race relations, many...
Why Juneteenth Belongs In Our Kids' History Lessons
SheKnows via Yahoo News· 4 days agoWhen my son was in elementary school, two mom friends and I became aligned in our desire to teach our boys about important dates in Black history....
