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Research Course on African Americans in Education Held Ahead of AERA Conference

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nearly 50 early career scholars and advanced graduate students from across the nation gathered in Chicago on Wednesday, ahead of the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) to explore questions and methods related to the experiences of African Americans in education. The 13th Asa G.

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Report Provides Frank Data on Black PhD Holders in STEM Fields

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It goes back to the support that they have,” said Dr. Erin Dunlop Velez, director of educational research at RTI International and one of the report’s authors. If you’re going to a public flagship, you’re probably getting a tuition waiver and some kind of stipend because you’re teaching or doing research,” said Velez.

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A Race Scholar

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Lewis, the Carol Grotnes Belk Distinguished Professor of Urban Education and the executive director of The Urban Education Collaborative at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. “He That’s where he learned how to perfect his teaching. So, I was like, ‘whose doing this research? Geneva Gay and James A.

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Necessary infrastructure to support interdisciplinary programs

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Faculty may also feel at capacity already, in teaching out the curriculum for existing majors, and feel they can’t add another obligation. A challenge for launching interdisciplinary programs is that faculty and deans can fail to see how participation will help their bottom line. Learn more about the program and future cohorts.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

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What resources and professional standards exist to help the fields of special education and gifted and talented education in adopting equitable instruments and assessment practices and policies (e.g., Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant.

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Small course modifications that can help all students succeed

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Tanner, “Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity”, CBE–Life Sciences Education 2013 and “Acknowledging Class in the Classroom ” by Carleton TRIO/SSS staff). Clearly convey expectations for assignments: (From Transparency in Teaching and Learning Project ).

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From Research and Theory Into Practice: hooks’ Homeplace Matters in the Educational Lives of Black Students

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Teaching homeplace: How teachers can cultivate Black joy through culturally responsive practices in the classroom. Ford Cultivating Black joy is critical, given censorship placed in schools, on Black bodies, and in the curriculum. This concept also argues that implementing culturally responsive teaching practices (i.e.,

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