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Gender-affirming Care: What It Is and Why It's Necessary

Two students sharing a tablet screen, one pointing to something on the screen.

The willingness to learn, the active step of acknowledging and affirming LGBTQ+ students, and empathy in recognizing the difficulties for the young person help create safer spaces for trans and nonbinary children.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

October 3, 2022

Resisting Dominant Narratives

A group of children lie on their stomachs in the grass reading books in front of a tree on a sunny day. One child looks directly at the camera and smiles.

In this hostile learning environment created by censorship and book bans, these LFJ book reviews encourage us all to keep reading—and writing—to counter the narratives that have historically excluded diverse perspectives.

Topic

Rights & Activism

September 19, 2022

Black Visibility Matters: The Inconvenient Truths of Bias and Erasure

A smiling young black child stands in front of board filled with scientific formulas.

Racial stereotypes and myths persist only with our continuous active consent—in the stories we teach and tell, and those we don’t. And the price we pay for this is monumental.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

September 6, 2022

The End-of-Year Mental Health Check

Two young people wearing bracelets are holding hands against a wooden blue background.

As the academic year winds down, mental health professionals remind us to connect with young people and embrace community care.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

May 9, 2022

A Supremely Historic Moment

As the first Black woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, there are lessons we can all learn about intersectionality, representation and our essential role in eliminating obstacles for young people.

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Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity

April 14, 2022

Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive

Amid school closures, online classes can offer new opportunities for culturally responsive teaching. Here’s what one educator is trying with her fifth grade students.

March 31, 2020

Black History Month: Teaching the Complete History

Illustration featuring the likenesses of Bayard Rustin, Angela Davis, Sojourner Truth, Langston Hughes, Toni Morrison, Frederick Douglass and silhouettes of protesters and activists.

Go beyond trauma and struggle to examine the liberation, civic engagement, creativity and intersecting identities of Black people during Black History Month.

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Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

January 29, 2020

Understanding the Americans with Disabilities Act

Empty wheelchair parked on what appears to be either a sidewalk or road.

In this middle- and high-school, school-level grant, students learned about living with disabilities and the need for accessibility.

Topic

Ability

July 10, 2019

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