Plus: Diversifying advanced math classes
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Liz Willen
Hi all!
Culture wars have swept school boards in recent years, but to really understand what is at stake when far-right influences come to town — and how parents, teachers and students are reacting — spend time with this stunning ([link removed]) Hechinger Report story (also in Vanity Fair).
We take you inside a battle that concluded with the ouster of five school board members in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and the end of a curriculum from Vermilion Education that could have reshaped social studies instruction and beyond. A legal complaint filed by residents in the district, meanwhile, could ultimately compel the federal government to weigh in on whether introducing book bans, revisionist history and crackdowns on diversity, equity and inclusion violate students’ civil rights.
Also this week, we look at a district that found a way to successfully diversify ([link removed]) advanced math classes, and what the research says about overscheduling kids: ([link removed]) It will really make you think. Thanks for being a reader and please remind others to become a member! ([link removed])
Liz Willen, Editor
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Main Idea
** One school district’s ‘playbook’ for undoing far-right education policies ([link removed])
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After hard-right school board members introduced sweeping changes, parents in Pennridge, Pennsylvania, voted them out and filed a federal civil rights complaint that could have implications for districts around the country
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Reading List
** How one district has diversified its advanced math classes — without the controversy ([link removed])
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Fights over ‘detracking’ have roiled other districts. But Union Public Schools, in Oklahoma, took a middle ground, adding tutoring and non-test-based ways for students to qualify for advanced math
** PROOF POINTS: Overscheduling kids’ lives causes depression and anxiety, study finds ([link removed])
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Economists calculate the costs and benefits of homework and organized activities
** ‘We’re from the university and we’re here to help’ ([link removed])
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Can community outreach counteract attacks on higher education?
** How can we close the digital divide? ([link removed])
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A new federal ed tech plan aims to help schools improve equity in digital learning
** OPINION: More states should require teaching kids how to read the news and spot what’s true and what’s not ([link removed])
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Teens are glued to their screens and need media literacy to sort through the deluge
** OPINION: Post-affirmative action, let’s look past our obsession with the Ivy Leagues and other elite schools ([link removed])
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To disregard talent because students don’t have the “right” degree is to leave acres and acres of human potential wasted
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