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February 18, 2021

Join This Community Poem With Kwame Alexander

Our friends at the Civil Rights Memorial Center want to hear from your students this month!

Topic

Rights & Activism

February 9, 2021

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.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

February 3, 2021

Our New Name: Learning for Justice

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

January 20, 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 7, 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.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

December 11, 2020

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.

November 13, 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.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity

November 12, 2020

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.

Topic

Race & Ethnicity Rights & Activism

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