How We Became Free
The Atlantic · 11 minThis year’s Juneteenth commemorations must take a deeper look at the history of Black self-liberation to understand what emancipation really means—and how far the country still has to go.
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Things to Read and Watch to Celebrate and Honor Juneteenth
The Root · 6 minA collection of books and media giving us intersectional insight into the experiences of those once enslaved.
Celebrating Juneteenth in Galveston
The Paris Review · 9 minThe long-held myth goes that on June 19, 1865, Union general Gordon Granger stood on the balcony of Ashton Villa in Galveston, Texas, and read the order that announced the end of slavery.
A Star Is Born
Lapham's Quarterly · 3 minThe history of the asterisk.
‘Like Chasing Shadows’: Uncovering Colonial Williamsburg’s LGBTQ history
The Washington Post · 6 minColonial Williamsburg has agreed to research gender and sexually nonconforming people in 18th-century America, acknowledging to the LGBTQ community that people like them “have always existed.”
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Introduction to Philosophy: A Free Online Course from the University of Edinburgh
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Meet the 12-year-old graduating high school and college in the same week
CNN · 3 minA 12-year-old in North Carolina used the downtime he had during the pandemic to take on a few extra classes in school.Now, one year later, Mike Wimmer, of Salisbury, is getting ready to graduate high school and college -- in the same week.
I graduated from Columbia Journalism School and had 6 internships but couldn't land a full-time job. Freelancing saved me — and I've realized my elite Ivy League education failed me.
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Update: Law Student Who Made Fun of the Federalist Society Will Be Allowed to Graduate After All
Slate · 4 minconcluded that Nicholas Wallace engaged in protected speech, dropped its investigation, and lifted the hold on his diploma. Wallace has confirmed that he will be allowed to graduate. On Jan.
An Elementary School Teacher’s Secret Life As A White Nationalist Writer
huffpost.com · 17 minJenkins wrote that his radicalization began in the Navy, where it angered him to see “blacks” be mean to his fellow white sailors. Later, in graduate school, he grew disgusted over the “ingrained culture of anti-white hatred” in academia.
This school teaches low-income students to renovate houses—and helps them become homeowners
Fast Company · 5 minStudents at Build UP remodel houses in Birmingham, Alabama, that they can then own, building generational wealth and combating blight. 5 minute ReadWhen students graduate from a new kind of school in Birmingham, Alabama, at the age of 20 or 21, they could end up owning a house.
The secret truth of the student debt crisis
The Week · 8 minThe student debt crisis has gotten wide attention over the last several years. Democratic Sens.
Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school
BBC · 3 minimage copyrightReutersA mass grave containing the remains of 215 children has been found in Canada at a former residential school set up to assimilate indigenous people.The children were students at the Kamloops Indian Residential School in British Columbia that closed in 1978.
My Daughter is Struggling in School
Slate · 10 minCare and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. In addition to our traditional advice, every Thursday we feature an assortment of teachers from across the country answering your education questions. Have a question for our teachers? Email askateacher@slate.
A Lifetime of Reading Taught Min Jin Lee How to Write About Her Immigrant World
The New York Times · 13 min"In literature, I’ve never been without consolation."
The Abiding Scandal of College Admissions
The Chronicle of Higher Education · 13 minThis year, Harvard applications were up 43 percent from last year. At Yale, applicants were up 33 percent. At Duke, 25 percent. The result is plunging acceptance rates. Harvard admitted just 3.4 percent of applicants; Yale, 4.6 percent; Duke, 5.8 percent.
Northumberland Longridge Towers School strip club teacher banned
BBC · 2 minAn IT teacher who threatened pupils and took some to a strip club while he was drunk during a school trip has been banned from teaching for three years.
Compound Learning: The Most Powerful Tool For Acquiring Skills Faster
Medium · 3 minCompound interest is a powerful principle — a small amount of money can grow into large amounts over time if left alone. If you don’t interfere with the process unnecessarily, you will reap the benefit with time. In simple terms, it’s interest on interest.
How student-designed video games made me rethink how I teach history
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Subject: Teaching: Why an Active-Learning Evangelist Is Sold on Online Teaching
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A private school in Miami, citing false claims, bars vaccinated teachers from contact with students.
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Education and Masculinity—An Interview with Will Knowland
Quillette · 7 minMasculinity is at the heart of the dispute that led to the English teacher’s dismissal from Eton. When a female colleague complained about Knowland’s Patriarchy Paradox video, the school demanded he remove it from his personal YouTube channel.
Vancouver School Board phases out honours programs in high schools
The Globe and Mail · 7 minThe Vancouver School Board is cutting honours courses in math and science in its high schools because the school district says they do not comply with the equity and inclusion goal of ensuring that all students can participate in every aspect of the curriculum.
Should My Daughter Stick It Out at Her Language Immersion School?
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