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American Educator, Fall 2020

Volume 44, no. 3

Where We Stand: Trump Chooses Chaos, We Choose Community

Randi Weingarten

Share My Lesson

Teaching for Racial Equity and Justice

The Crisis of American Democracy

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

One Person, One Vote

America's Ongoing Struggle with Our Most Basic Right
Eric H. Holder, Jr.

Safeguarding Knowledge

For Our Democracy and Well-Being
American Association of University Professors

Youth-Led Protests Strengthen Our Democracy

Introducing Campus Uprisings

Ty-Ron M. O. Douglas, Kmt G. Shockley, Ivory A. Toldson

Racial Breakthroughs

Born of Student Protest
Shaun R. Harper

Preparing for Racial Unrest on Campus

Mahauganee Shaw Bonds, Sydney Freeman Jr.

Daring to Speak, to Listen, and to Protest without Silencing

Suzanne Nossel

Sparking Interest, Reducing Learning?

The Hidden Drawback of Fun Facts and Other Seductive Details
Kripa Sundar

"Cognitive Apprenticeship" Revisited

Shining a Light on the Processes of Thinking to Understand Learning
Paul A. Kirschner, Carl Hendrick

Ask the Cognitive Scientist: How Can Educators Teach Critical Thinking?

Daniel T. Willingham

Union Highlights

Reflections on How the Pandemic Is Reshaping Education