It's a banner week for our learning sciences communities as we're currently hosting both the annual LearnLab Summer School and the IEEE ICICLE conference at Carnegie Mellon. Welcome to CMU!
Teaching about slavery in schools isn’t just about teaching the harshness of slavery. And educators can make #Juneteenth about so much more than the end of slavery.
Today’s holiday offers abundant opportunities to teach about what it means to fight for freedom and maintain a sense of self-determination in the face of oppression.
Read more from a historian who specializes in how slavery is taught in K-12 classrooms:
(UPDATE: I tagged the heck out of this, but your boost is still appreciated.)
You've probably already heard of the many ways that #Florida's government is creating some scary times, aggressively censoring many resources our K-12 students have access to, including significant and vital African American history, education and coursework.
Teachers in my hometown are fighting back. The Freedom School in St. Pete will be offering grade 9-12 students free African American History classes — starting with the history of Africa and the Middle Passage all the way to contemporary studies and a critical lens on America's wealth, power, and global position. This material is no longer (in cases, never was) included in FLDOE curricula.
Please, if you're able to make a donation to SP Freedom School, consider doing so now. Also, you should check out their site. Below I'm going to link the Tampa Bay Times article covering their story too.