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The Curb-cut Effect and Championing Equity

Centering the needs of underserved people often has a broader impact on the community. The same is true in schools.

Issue 1, Fall 2021

Humanity, Healing and Doing the Work

Honoring our collective humanity will result in an education system in which all children thrive.

Issue 1, Fall 2021

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Announcing the LFJ Educator Fund

Young people put their hands together in solidarity.

Our former Educator Grants just got a makeover.

January 5, 2022

Students Lose When Black Women Aren’t Supported

To mitigate the harm against Black students and all children of color in schools, we must love and support Black women in school leadership roles.

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Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity

November 15, 2021

Parents Push for Student Safety

A parent-led grassroots organization in Georgia chips away at punitive school discipline policies and works to remove police from their schools.

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Rights & Activism

September 23, 2021

Another Challenging Back-to-School Season

Adult and child walking through door to the outside

LFJ sends encouragement and support to parents and caregivers as we enter another school year with COVID-19.

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Rights & Activism

September 9, 2021

What Critical Race Theory Is and What it Means for Teachers

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Education law and policy expert Bob Kim answers some key questions for educators about these so-called “anti-critical race theory” laws and what’s really going on.

August 23, 2021

Partnering With Families to Support Black Girls

Young African-American girl writing in a notebook.

Educators can take specific actions to make schools more supportive spaces for Black girls, whose trauma is often overlooked.

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Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity

August 5, 2021

Pay BIPOC Educators for Their DEI Labor

A group of educators speaking to each other.

Volunteer-based DEI teams often recreate the inequities they are designed to address. Here is how to do better.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

July 23, 2021

We Need LGBTQ-Affirming Learning Environments in Person or Otherwise

Teacher looking over a student's shoulder while pointing to something on their iPad.

All learning next school year—whether in-person, remote or hybrid—requires inclusive, safe spaces for students.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

July 12, 2021

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The Curb-cut Effect and Championing Equity

Humanity, Healing and Doing the Work

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