Alice Lee, a history teacher at Eagle Rock Junior/Senior High School in L.A., taught virtually in 2020. Next week the world’s largest history organization is hosting a congressional briefing in Washington to share its findings from a two-year study that looked at, among other areas, the teaching methods of the country’s educators. is calling the report “the most comprehensive study …
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday signed into law a bipartisan bill requiring Wisconsin schools to teach Asian American and Hmong American histories. “The Hmong and Asian American communities are a critical part of our state’s history, culture, economy, and our future,” Evers said in a statement. Wisconsin’s Hmong population of 50,000 places it third highest behind California …
Last month, school officials in St. Petersburg, Fla., told teachers to stop showing students a Disney movie about Ruby Bridges, the 6-year-old Black girl who integrated an all-white New Orleans elementary school in the 1960s. A white parent had complained that the movie was not appropriate for second-graders, as the scenes showing people threatening Ruby and calling her names might …
What's in a name? Key points: Children's television show Sesame Street first aired 52 years ago Ji-Young is the first Asian American muppet to join Sesame Street The newest resident will help teach children to be “upstanders" "So, in Korean traditionally the two syllables they each mean something different and Ji means, like, smart or wise. At only 7 years …
