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Class Action
Students learn rights and responsibilities through law-related education.
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March 14, 2018
Walkout Day
This teacher built a custom lesson plan to mark a day when thousands of students walked out of their schools in protest. Check it out—and build your own!
January 9, 2018
Do's and Don'ts of Celebrating MLK Day
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day is an ideal time to reflect on the life and legacy of this great leader, but it's important to do it with care and nuance—and to keep the conversation going beyond January 15.
May 31, 2018
Spotlight on 'Courageous, Eccentric, Diverse'
TT Educator Grants support social justice work at the classroom, school and district levels. In this interview, grantee Amy Dickerson discusses her project working with students in New Orleans to consider possible replacements for Confederate statues.
February 21, 2019
Empowering Teachers to Become Activists
After noticing tension within their school community, teachers, students and staff planned a one-day workshop for local educators called “Understanding the Muslim American Experience: Leadership Training.”
January 10, 2019
Latinx Leaders Tomorrow
To empower Latinx middle schoolers, eighth-grade teachers encouraged students to envision themselves as leaders by interviewing Latinx leaders in their community about how they overcame obstacles and successfully navigated the path to adulthood.
Community Organizing Uplifts Immigrant Students
Tapping into their own agency and communities, immigrant students and their families are finding ways to mitigate serious obstacles.
Columbine Timeline
Spring & Summer 1999 April 20 Columbine High School students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold shoot and kill 12 students and one teacher before turning the guns on themselves. Twenty-three are injured. The students killed
The Lesson I've Learned, the Lesson I Teach
This reflection accompanies the feature story " Voices of Columbine." By Kiki Leyba April 20, 1999: Reacting Fourth hour. I'm hustling to Frank's office. The principal is going to offer me — a first-year teacher — a
Reef For All
This reflection accompanies the feature story " Voices of Columbine." Columbine High School English teacher Jason Webb took an uncommon approach in coping with emotional repercussions following the 1999 tragedy. "Shortly