Florida鈥檚 Anti-Woke Laws Deny Existence of Systemic Racism
Past generations harnessed state power to penalize educators who dared to teach about injustice. Many of today鈥檚 anti-anti-racists rehearse the same old rhetoric for similar ends.
Education
大象传媒 Media鈥檚 coverage of education centers around efforts to strengthen public education (including universal free child care, K-12 and higher education), while also supporting increased pay and benefits for educators, so that they can teach accurate history, and help create safe, inclusive school environments for students of all ages, backgrounds, identities, and abilities.
A Site That Safeguards Migrants鈥� Educational Credentials
When people forced to flee their homes then arrive in new countries, their efforts to continue with higher education and careers are often stymied.
Organizing to Cancel Debt Fuels Systemic Change
The elimination of student debt is just the first step in mitigating the pervasive effects of racial capitalism.
What Student Loan Forgiveness Means
Experts on banking, public spending, and education policy look at the impact of Biden鈥檚 plan.
A Rhyming Guide to Eclipse Science
Have you ever seen a solar eclipse? A new book for readers of all ages explains the science behind the rare and wonderful event.
To Transform Work, Start With Schools
Centering schools around the well-being of our students (and their teachers) is the most straightforward path to positive change in the workplace.
Michigan Builds Its School-to-Teaching Pipeline
Educators Rising is a national program that gets students onto an educational career path while they鈥檙e still in high school.
How to Reduce School Shootings
A combination of policy changes and increased safety measures could help reduce the risk of school shootings, says psychology professor Paul Boxer.
The Case for Joy in BIPOC Stories
When film and television creators feature people of color in their storylines, they often feel compelled to frame them via tragic histories of oppression. But what about simply letting BIPOC characters experience the same joy as their White counterparts?
Critical Race Theory Opens Up New Opportunities for Student Learning
Amid the heated national controversy about CRT in schools, some Black educators are openly using the framework to help students better understand history and contextualize current events.
A Program for Youth Is Reshaping Arts Education in Chicago
鈥淚t鈥檚 not about the art that鈥檚 made in the end. It鈥檚 about the process, the discussions, and the relationships that you鈥檙e building with the people around you.鈥�
Environmental Education Is Falling Short. Activism Can Help
鈥淲e can鈥檛 afford to let our education systems get in sustainability鈥檚 way.鈥�
Why Children鈥檚 Stories Are a Powerful Tool to Fight Climate Change
Stories are the most diverse, innovative, and dynamic technology for social transformation.
How Scholars Are Countering Well-Funded Attacks on Critical Race Theory
There is a long history of right-wing forces fighting against progressive educational curricula. Now, scholars like Robin D. G. Kelley are working to level the playing field against the moneyed political interests behind the attacks.
Why Are Women of Color in Academia Expected to Do Diversity Work?
Female faculty members of color are disproportionately called upon by both colleagues and students to do diversity, equity, and inclusion work鈥攚ith no compensation for this labor.
How Gen Z Is Fighting Back Against Big Tech
Many in this generation are aware of what they have lost by having grown up on social media, so they鈥檙e logging off and working to create a safer, healthier future.
Children鈥檚 Author Tells the True Story of Columbus鈥� Exploits
Oriel Mar铆a Siu鈥檚 new children鈥檚 book explodes the myth of Christopher Columbus as a celebrated explorer and re-centers Indigenous narratives of how the Americas were colonized.
How Civil Rights Leader Bob Moses Used Math Literacy to Push for Racial Equality
The Algebra Project sprang directly from Bob Moses鈥� civil rights work in Mississippi, which transformed the state from a segregationist stronghold into a focal point of the civil rights revolution.
Biden Bets Big on the Care Economy
The president鈥檚 American Families Plan takes its cue from feminist economists who have long advocated for a renewed focus on the social safety net.
To Decarbonize the Economy Equitably, Start With Schools
When schools achieve environmental justice, the whole climate benefits.
The Power of Bike Education to Transform Lives and Communities
Amid a pandemic biking boom, cycling education organizations are working to make sure access is equitable and inclusive.
How One Woman Convinced a Community to Love a Bad Omen
An Indian biologist went door-to-door, listening and helping people develop livelihoods, to ultimately save an endangered species.
There Are Better Ways to Educate a Child
The pandemic is traumatizing students. It must be a wakeup call for us to change how we educate.
Climate Literacy Is Essential for Effective Change
We need to make it easier to understand basic climate science and emissions reductions.
Indigenous Educators Bridge Native and Western Science in the Classroom
College students are learning that caring about the environment should be part of learning about it.
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