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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.

Topic

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

Voices of Hope

Large group of students gathered together in auditorium for a group photograph.

In this middle school, district-level grant, students hosted an interview series and spoke with people from a variety of backgrounds who found resilience, success and leadership in adulthood.

Topic

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

May 29, 2019

“What’s in a Name?”

In this elementary, school-level grant, students learn about each others’ names and their meanings, and they brainstorm strategies for respectfully approaching unfamiliar names.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Bullying & Bias

April 10, 2019

Understanding Implicit Bias Through Photography

Young student holding sign that says "People say I do not belong I say no."

In this middle- and high-school, school-level grant, students use photography to understand implicit bias and consider how they see themselves and others.

Topic

Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

April 2, 2019

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.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Class

January 4, 2019

Culturally Inclusive Cooking Club

Creating a cohesive community from disparate parent groups around a great unifier: food.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Immigration

July 30, 2018

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