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Half of all students menstruate, but periods are rarely talked about in schools and almost never factored into school policy discussions. Why? In “Equity, Period.” we look at how the stigma surrounding menstruation is harming students and what educators can do about it.
The Spring 2019 issue also looks at a budding movement that seeks to bring mental health education into the classroom, a reading groups model that invites families into the conversation and a critique of call-out culture that focuses on teachable moments rather than take-downs. We also talk to historian Carol Anderson about her research on voter suppression and why it remains a civil rights issue to this day.
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Equity, Period.
![Person with a fist for a head crossing their arms as multiple fingers point at them.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Speaking-Up-Without-Tearing-Down-Luisa-Jung-1800x1080.jpg?itok=OXk_jK0Q)
Speaking Up Without Tearing Down
![Illustration of various people holding different protest signs.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Saving-Title-VI-Lauren-S-Berke-1800x1080.png?itok=U27yq2DA)
Saving Title VI
![Illustration of students receiving high fives from adults as they disembark their school bus.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Teaching-in-Solidarity-Alleanna-Harris-1800x1080.jpg?itok=yWswJ-Ye)
Teaching in Solidarity
![Chris Dolgos looking over his class of students.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Whose-Renaissance-Is-It-Anyways-1800x1080-Dolgos.png?itok=JXDmEmvN)
Whose Renaissance Is It?
![Carol Anderson.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Finding-Our-Power-SNowland-1800x1080.png?itok=5930Nx-x)
Carol Anderson on Voter Suppression: A Q&A with the Author of ‘One Person, No Vote’
![A collection of historical images depicting slavery, the Civil War, Monticello and a person in profile.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Preserving-A-More-Honest-History-Stephanie-Dalton-Cowan-1080x1080.png?itok=V7jRyjqq)
Preserving a More Honest History
![Two young people with spades digging near a burial marker.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Bearing-Witness-to-Hard-History-in-Guilford-1800x1080.jpg?itok=QzuQ4wgL)
Bearing Witness to the Hard History of Guilford
![The title "Equity, Period." surrounded by various paper-cut facsimiles of menstrual and school supplies.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Equity-Period-1800x1080.png?itok=szQkeNeA)
Equity, Period.
![Illustration of several people reading books, superimposed over various houses and top of a large book.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Reading-Together-Jon-Reinfurt-1800x1080.png?itok=0Vejjkqt)
Reading Together
![Illustration of a person leading another by hand out of a dark and foreboding shape.](/sites/default/files/styles/article_thumbnail_s_m_l_xl/public/2019-01/TT61-Demystifying-the-Mind-Mental-Health-Eleni-Kalorkoti-1800x1080.png?itok=DFVlHzr3)
Demystifying the Mind
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The Rhythm of Resilience
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