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It Has Stayed With Me

Empty desks in a classroom with a blackboard in the background.

One Learning for Justice staffer reflects on the harm she experienced when her educators ignored Black History Month—and calls on all educators to uplift the value in Black history all year.

February 9, 2021

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

Our New Name: Learning for Justice

We’ve changed our name to better reflect our mission and our work.

February 3, 2021

Teach This: “The Hill We Climb” and the 2021 Inauguration

Use Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” to talk with students about creative expression as a commentary on democracy.

January 20, 2021

Leading Conversations After Crisis

Angled view of the United States capitol building.

Our advisory board shared ideas for starting discussions the day after the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

January 7, 2021

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Favorite Holiday Poster Projects Aren’t Inclusive

Group of students and teacher sitting near blackboard having a discussion.

An educator and mother recommends strategies for supporting all students’ religions and cultures, during the winter holidays and year-round.

December 11, 2020

The Burden of Critical Active Conscience

African-American student raising their hand in class, seen from behind.

This educator calls on all educators to commit to making schools—at all levels—critical active conscience spaces that center people long denied space, voice and freedom.

November 13, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

To Sustain the Tough Conversations, Active Listening Must Be the Norm

Male African-American Teacher Instructing Students | Teaching Tolerance

We have to prepare students—and ourselves—to communicate, question and work our way through a disconnect when the outside world spills into the classroom.

November 12, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

Madam Vice President Is a Woman of Color

The election of a biracial, Black, South Asian, daughter of immigrant parents to the vice presidency is a historic moment for all of us—especially girls and women of color.

November 12, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Immigration Gender & Sexual Identity

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