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In Support of All Body Types
Ronjanae broke down recently. She said she felt like “the only overweight child at this school.”
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Size Bias Does Not Justify Bullying
A war on obesity is raging. Everyone from Jillian Michaels to Michelle Obama is calling for all Americans to lose the fat. But as doctors spend millions of dollars on fat-shaming billboards targeting children and studies proving that dieting simply doesn’t work, one might ask where does encouragement end and bullying begin?
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A Message From Our Managing Editor
In all the changes that have occurred in the last decade, one steady current is clear to TT Managing Editor Monita Bell: Our work is about doing right by all of our kids.
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They Didn’t Back Down
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Florida educators were targeted for standing up for LGBTQ students. Here’s how they stood strong.
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Presently Invisible: The Arab Plight in American Classrooms
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To create more inclusive classrooms and counter negative narratives about Arab Americans, educators can include Arab American history and culture in their current curriculum. Here are some ways to do that.
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Freedom Schools for Today’s Justice Movement
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To confront current education censorship and voter suppression, modern social justice projects build on the foundations of the historic 1964 Freedom Schools.