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Education Justice Now
Centering the Learning & Well-Being of All Children
How much better could our communities and schools be if we designed our spaces and curricula with diverse needs and abilities in mind? How can we support the learning and well-being of children from immigrant families? And how can educators recognize the signs of trauma and take steps to establish social and emotional safety for all children?
Research-based inclusive education spaces and practices are crucial for ensuring the learning and well-being of all students. These Learning for Justice resources and toolkits can help educators, parents and caregivers to advocate for and offer equitable and inclusive educational experiences.
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Applying Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Supports Inclusive Education
Ensuring education is inclusive of young people with diverse needs and abilities takes intentional practice; Universal Design for Learning can help educators design experiences that benefit all learners.
Understanding and Responding to Trauma
Strategies to help educators recognize the signs of trauma, better understand the causes of trauma, and take steps to establish social and emotional safety.
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Episode 7: Diverse Experience of the Enslaved
The experiences of enslaved people varied greatly based on a variety of factors, including time, location, crop, labor performed, size of slaveholding and gender. Yet, most students leave school thinking enslaved people lived like the biased representation in Gone With the Wind. Deirdre Cooper Owens, Ph.D., discusses how the lived experience of slavery varied and evolved. (New resource page, Sept. 2025.)