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Teaching and Affirming LGBTQ Youth after the ‘Bostock’ Decision

This summer’s landmark Supreme Court case made it illegal to fire someone based on their gender or sexuality. But ‘Bostock’ is a baseline, not a ceiling.

September 24, 2020

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

Take 10 Minutes to Register Future Voters Today

high school students on the phone, computer and tablet

Walking students through the voter registration process only takes 10 minutes, but it’s one of the most effective ways high school educators can amplify student voice this year.

September 21, 2020

Topic

Rights & Activism

Stop Talking in Code: Call Them Black Boys

A Black educator challenges colleagues to consider the school-based and societal implications of calling Black boys “Black males.”

September 17, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Gender & Sexual Identity

Teach This: Is Voting a Privilege or a Right? Returning Citizens and Voting

Illustration of a diverse group of people in the act of registering voters.

Reading and discussing an article from The Marshall Project, students learn about voting rights for incarcerated people and discuss questions of voting rights more broadly.

September 16, 2020

Topic

Rights & Activism

Schools Confronting Racism and Community Pushback: Three Lessons from ‘Sounds Like Hate’

A new podcast offers valuable lessons about fighting racism in schools and communities.

September 14, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

What Anti-racism Really Means for Educators

As anti-racism becomes a popular goal for schools across the nation, this TT advisory board member considers what it really means to be an anti-racist educator.

September 11, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

Pandemic Pedagogy: A Call to Educators to Bring Their Classrooms to Reality

One educator explains the value of addressing the pandemic head-on in class.

September 1, 2020

Educators’ and Students’ Rights During COVID-19

A children’s rights attorney and a policy analyst from the Southern Poverty Law Center explain educators’ rights to workplace safety, students’ rights to education access and what it might take to advocate for both.

August 31, 2020

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Ability Class Rights & Activism

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