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“I Love My Students. I Also Want to Live”: Teachers Demand Safety as Trump Pushes Schools to Reopen

3 years ago Democracy Now

“As President Trump continues to push for schools to reopen even as COVID-19 rates skyrocket in many states, teachers are revolting. “I love my students, and I know that the best place for them to learn is in classrooms where they can collaborate and collectively solve problems,” says Seattle high school teacher Jesse Hagopian. He…

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NJ Latinx Parents & Students Fight Robert Wood Johnson Plan to Demolish Public School

3 years ago Democracy Now

“In a story Democracy Now! has followed closely, Juan González shares an update on efforts to prevent the demolition of the Lincoln Annex public school in New Brunswick, New Jersey. City officials are trying to proceed with demolishing the public school this summer, in a move that would force 760 students to be bussed to…

Palacio Podcast

Replay- Vivian Malauulu: From Poor Immigrant to the LBCC Board of Trustees

3 years ago Feature
Vivian Malauulu

Vivian Malauulu is the President of the Long Beach Community College District Board of Trustees and also represent Area 2 in the city. The journey to the Board of Trustees and her leadership of it has been shaped by strong life experiences. Born Vivian Ramirez impoverished in a barrio in Honduras, the then seven-year-old child…

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Chicago Teachers Celebrate End of Historic Strike After 11 Days

3 years ago Democracy Now

“Teachers in Chicago are heading back to school Friday, marking the end of a historic eleven-day strike that had shut down the nation’s third-largest school district. After weeks of tense negotiations, the city agreed to reduce class sizes, increase salaries by 16 percent over the next 5 years and bring on hundreds more social workers,…

Palacio Podcast

Uduak-Joe Ntuk Is All in For Education as The Great Equalizer

3 years ago Feature, The Palacio Podcast
Uduak-Joe Ntuk

Uduak-Joe Ntuk represents Uptown Long Beach on the Long Beach Community College Board of Trustees. Elected in 2018, he is the first African-American man elected to serve since the college’s founding. For Ntuk, education is the great equalizer. It can provide anyone with the tools to create their own future. That outlook was formed by…

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Lena Gonzalez: So Much Done. So Much More to Do.

4 years ago Feature, The Palacio Podcast
Lena Gonzalez

Lena Gonzalez, Councilmember and State Senate Candidate, sat down with PalacioMagazine.com to discuss a wide range of topics: from the women who have helped shape her dedication to public service to the challenging issues that she will face in Sacramento. That list includes affordable housing, climate change, and the future of education in California. Lena…

PBS NewsHour

Closing the student achievement gap with ‘cultural proficiency’

4 years ago PBS NewsHour

“Racial disparity in academic achievement remains a leading problem in American education, both at the K-12 and the college levels. A number of studies show greater diversity in the teaching profession can address some of those concerns. Hari Sreenivasan has a look at a teacher training program that is aiming to increase diversity in the…

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Kentucky & Minnesota Teachers of Year Boycott Trump Meeting

4 years ago Democracy Now

“We speak with two award-winning teachers who are trying to teach Trump a lesson. On Monday, Jessica Dueñas, the 2019 Kentucky Teacher of the Year, and Kelly Holstine, the 2019 Minnesota Teacher of the Year, boycotted a White House ceremony honoring them and other state winners of the award in protest of the Trump administration’s…

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Academic Freedom at Risk After Right-Wing Attacks and Cuts to Education

4 years ago Democracy Now

“As higher education faces an increasingly dire crisis of underfunding, we look at one of the consequences of this crisis: the growing threat to academic freedom. Academic and author Henry Reichman takes on this threat in a new book, out this week, titled “The Future of Academic Freedom.” In it, he writes, “Academic capitalism—or, as…

PBS NewsHour

How high school students feel about college admissions scandal

4 years ago PBS NewsHour

“Outrage has swirled since federal prosecutors charged 50 people, including CEOs and high-profile celebrities, in an intricate scheme to secure college admission for their children through extensive cheating and bribery. High school students share their perspectives on the scandal and broader inequalities in education, and John Yang talks to Jayne Fonash, an independent college consultant.”…

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