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April 8, 2019

Introducing the Educator Grants Action Model Directory

Grants Illustration by Jonathan Reinfurt

TT Educator Grants fund projects that encourage educators to implement anti-bias education in their schools and classrooms. Learn how you can browse the new and expanding Grants Action Model directory to replicate these projects in your own school community.

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Class Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

March 26, 2019

Teaching First-Graders About Microaggressions: The Small Moments Add Up

Two young students reading separate books.

For younger students, understanding that identity-based microaggressions pose a heavier burden than other painful moments is critical to developing anti-racist, empathetic behaviors.

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Religion Class Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

January 15, 2019

Why I’m Participating in the L.A. Teachers’ Strike

Hundreds of people gathered together, holding protest signs and umbrellas in Los Angeles, California.

We caught up with Amanda Tooley, a fifth-grade teacher in the country’s second-largest school district, to find out why she’s striking and what she hopes for her students and community.

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Class Rights & Activism

January 15, 2019

Teaching the Government Shutdown

The United States Capitol building illuminated at night.

Avoid polarized arguments about the federal government shutdown by emphasizing historical context, processes and the shutdown's effect on people across the United States.

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Class Immigration Rights & Activism

January 4, 2019

"What Is Being Normalized?"

TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district level. TT's grant manager caught up with grantee Chris Hass, whose project included families in his students' social justice education.

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Class

October 31, 2018

“I See New York City as a Classroom”

Grantee spotlight with Abby MacPhail in New York City.

TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district levels. School Programs Coordinator Jey Ehrenhalt spoke with Abby MacPhail about her project training students to become photojournalists of housing injustice in New York City.

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Class Rights & Activism

September 19, 2018

Engendering Inclusivity in a Language Class

Fused male and female symbol drawn with chalk on a blackboard.

Language classrooms allow students to grapple with how gender affects their understanding of the world, but they also allow teachers to engender their own classrooms as inclusive and safe places for all students.

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Class Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

September 7, 2018

Teaching the Value of Work

The shaming of an actor who took a job at a grocery store reminds us to rethink how we teach students about success, equity and hard work.

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Class

August 27, 2018

On Truth and Neutrality

Encouraging fellow educators to commit to tackling the tough topics.

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Religion Ability Class Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity

August 8, 2018

Learning for Justice 101: A Guide to Our Resources

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Perhaps you get our magazine and you’ve used our films. But Learning for Justice offers so much more! As a new school year starts, we review some of our favorite—and most popular—resources.

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Slavery Religion Ability Class Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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