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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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Curriculum and instruction must be rigorous and relevant. 13. How are tests and curriculum being aligned to measure what students have been taught in schools and colleges, rather than evaluating students on experiences that support White students and disenfranchise Black students? Dr. Erik M. Dr. Donna Y. Fletcher Jr.,

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A Race Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He says he thought that, after earning the degree, he might return to the Compton school district to work as a curriculum coordinator or literacy specialist. From assessment to curriculum, to history to teaching higher education, Howard says, scholars should be thinking about where racial equality fits into the overall equation. “My

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A Continued Commitment to Community

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We design the curriculum individually to students’ needs. Starting in 2011, Rueda-Acedo has incorporated innovative experiential learning activities and forged community partnerships with organizations such as the Arlington Public Library, Human Rights Initiative of North Texas and DFW Toys for Tots. “In

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Dear David 2.0: Unmasking the College Board’s Profiteering at Educators’ Expense

The Counseling Geek

For instance, AP teachers are required to align their teaching with the high standards set by the College Board, which involves creating detailed course materials that meet specific curriculum requirements. Run longer exams only in the morning and put shorter exams (like Environmental Science and Human Geography in the afternoon time slots.

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Mental Health and Learning Among Students with Marginalized Sociodemographic Identities

Supporting Student Success

Stress is a natural part of the human condition, and can be performance enhancing at low to moderate levels. This response has had adaptive value over the course of human evolution, when stressors often involved reacting to immediate threats to our survival. Background. Stress, Mental Health and Learning. 2009; Kirmayer et al.,