Jesse Hagopian has been nominated by the Academy of Education Arts and Sciences for the "Secondary School Teacher of the Year" in the Annual Bammy Awards. Winners will be announced at a gala red-carpet event tonight, Saturday, September 21st, 2013 beginning at 6:30pm at the Arena Stage at the Mead Center in Washington, D.C. Presented by …
Category: Social Justice Pedagogy
Teach Trayvon: What’s not in the Common Core & how to close the education gap
Want to close the so-called "achievement gap"? This gap--better described as the opportunity gap--would quickly narrow if standards were added about analyzing the continuity of the American judicial system in excluding Black jurors and acquitting people who murder African Americans--from Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin and beyond. When you teach students about the major issues …
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