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Volume 13, No. 2

Departments

Notebook editorial
Mandate for change
Letters
The Letters to the Editors
  • Equity, community input needed in District’s new school choice plan
  • ELECT program for teen parents provides academic, social supports
  • Out-of-school youth: much work lies ahead
Eye on special education
State Board of Ed backs off proposal for ‘dual certification’ Baruch Kintisch
Activism around the city
  • Win for student group in small-schools effort
  • Student Union celebrates 10 years of organizing
  • Continuing the pressure for state funding equity
News in brief
  • State grant supports stipends for parents
  • Report notes obstacles to public involvement
  • Finding economies in small school size
En español
Nuevo curso es resultado de años de lucha Yulanda Essoka

Curso obligatorio de historia afroamericana incita reacciones fuertes y variadas



New course grew out of years of struggleYulanda Essoka

SRC resolution expands African American studies

A charter school strives to make African culture part of every day

Philadelphia's African and African American history mandate: a timeline

New text presents varied experiences of African AmericansEva Travers

Review: new history modules provide package of lessonsKarel Kilimnik

New steps taken to change ‘total curriculum’ in all gradesPaul Socolar

Preparing teachers in African American history: a major focus this yearClarisse Mesa

Art Sanctuary offers ‘Hip Hop 101 Curriculum Guide’Decoteau J. Irby

Classroom resources for infusing African American studies

Teachers passionate about African American history courseRos Purnell

Class notes: what 10th graders are saying about the new course

Asante on required course: ‘It’s about time’Sheila Simmons

Stories of great escapes offer students a different view of slaveryCristina Gutiérrez

Black history: correcting the recordYulanda Essoka

Course provides a lens on U.S. historyRon Whitehorne

Mandated African American history draws strong, varied reactions

Other news & Features

Hot debate about revoking K12’s science contractPaul Socolar

The Notebook's Winter 2005 CartoonEric Joselyn

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