WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) — A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist known for her writing on race is joining with educators in Iowa to launch a free community-based after-school literacy program in her hometown. We don’t discriminate based on students’ race,” Hannah-Jones said, adding that test scores have shown “that the overwhelming need is for Black students.”Students will remain in the program as long as needed, and additional children will be enrolled each year. The 1619 Freedom School is privately funded. The curriculum, which teaches literacy through Black history, was designed by educators from Georgetown University’s Program in Education, Inquiry, and Justice and the University of Missouri’s Carter Center for K-12 Black History Education. “The 1619 Freedom School is built on the understanding that for a people for whom it was once illegal to learn to read and write, education is a revolutionary act,” Hannah-Jones said.

Source: thestar September 02, 2021 17:15 UTC