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Anna Shapiro
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Education Researcher at RAND
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@tiffanyxwu.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
And finally, 28% of teachers said they’d witnessed or heard about an antisemitic incident in their school in the past year. In classrooms with more than 20% Jewish students, a whopping 51% said they’d witnessed such an incident
January 22, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Many teachers rely on materials they found online (from YouTube, resource aggregators like Teachers Pay Teachers) and materials they’ve made themselves to teach about these topics

Less than half of teachers said they’d received any professional learning on teaching these topics
January 22, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Key takeaways:

Most teachers address the Holocaust and think doing so is important

Other topics related to Jewish people and history are much less prevalent.

Current events seem to drive focus: Many teachers said they taught about the Arab-Israeli conflict more than in previous years
January 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM