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Leadership for social justice: Class update 1

Dangerously Irrelevant

Thought I’d post a quick update on how my new summer Master’s seminar, Leadership for Social Justice , is going. We spent the second half of class deconstructing a couple of race-based educational cases from Gorski’s book, Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education. I’ve got six students in the class.

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

The Hechinger Report

At the elementary school she worked at before Sussex Tech, kids of all races played together, she said. “I As schools seek to better serve an increasingly diverse student population and close racial achievement gaps, Sussex Tech offers a case study in culturally responsive practice.

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Is strength-based learning a “magic bullet?”

The Hechinger Report

Audrianna Lesieur, age 11, smiles after demonstrating the strength of “Confidence” with encouragement from classmate William Maestas as her teacher Val Seamons moves on to assist Billy Sabo at Lake Canyon Elementary School. Karen Schauer, superintendent, Galt Joint Union Elementary School District. GALT, Calif.

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MIT, Yale and other elite colleges are finally reaching out to rural students

The Hechinger Report

From the time she was in elementary school, Isabella Cross has dreamed of going to an Ivy League college to become an engineer. And it’s a case study in how rural families aspire to, fret about and often decide to forgo college. CROSSVILLE, Tenn.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via DelawareOnline : “The first step to reducing violence among young people is to have police officers assigned to elementary and middle schools, says a coalition of state officials, education administrators and police.” ” Via the AP : “ Florida AG asked Trump for donation before nixing fraud case.”