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American Educator, Spring 2025

Volume 49, no. 1

Where We Stand: Protect Our Kids

Randi Weingarten

Union Highlights: Protecting Our Immigrant and Refugee Students

Fighting for a Better Future

Labor and Education Policy
Randi Weingarten

The Kids Are Not OK, But Education Innovations Provide Hope

Carol Graham

Marching to Their Own Beat

How Music Education Helps Students Find Purpose—and Joy
Fedrick C. Ingram

The Right to Rap

How Hip Hop Helps Students Heal from Trauma
J. C. Hall

Finding Connection and Confidence Through Hip Hop

Ephraim Weir

Back to School

Supporting and Engaging Students to Reduce Chronic Absence
Zeph Capo, Hedy N. Chang, Denise Forte, Nat Malkus

Fighting for Safer Social Media

Arielle Geismar, Zamaan Qureshi, Frances Haugen

Preventing the Harms of Social Media

NYSUT Leads the Way
Melinda Person

Legislating Safeguards

States' Role in Mitigating the Harm of Social Media
Marisa Shea

Learning to Verify

Mike Caulfield, Sam Wineburg

Ask the Cognitive Scientist: Understanding Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom

R. J. R. Blair, Daniel T. Willingham

Bucking Burnout

How AFT Locals Are Meaningfully Improving Educator Well-Being
Harriet B. Fox, Laura Andersen, Ashton Fandel, Katie LaPointe

Setting Boundaries

Harriet B. Fox, Laura Andersen, Ashton Fandel, Katie LaPointe

A Historic Contract for Cleveland

Harriet B. Fox, Laura Andersen, Ashton Fandel, Katie LaPointe

New Haven's Direct-to-Member Relief

Harriet B. Fox, Laura Andersen, Ashton Fandel, Katie LaPointe

Betrayed No More

How Morally Centered Schools Reduce Educators' and Students' Distress
Wendy Dean, Rachel Schaffer

What We're Reading: Get the Facts on Gun Violence

Share My Lesson: Talking to Students About Media Literacy and Digital Citizenship