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A Message From Our Director
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn emphasizes that “Teaching an honest history counters a prevailing narrative that denies the real origins of this country and maintains an unjust society.”
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Dedication to “The Barbarism of Slavery” Speech
The introduction to Senator Charles Sumner’s famous anti-slavery speech, summarizing the speech’s arguments and making the case against slavery.
December 13, 2017
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Section IV: Policy Checkup
To ensure students feel welcome, valued and safe enough to learn, schools must actively cultivate a welcoming climate that values every member of its student body. This means that the spoken and unspoken messages
July 5, 2017
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Listen, Watch and Learn
Take notes. Identify patterns. Be the person who knows what’s really going on at your school.
August 27, 2012
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BYOD? [Bring Your Own Device]
Relying on personal devices at school raises serious equity questions.
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Flagler County: A Case for Suspension Abolition
A troubled Florida community becomes a pioneer in discipline reform.
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Spotlight on Latinx Leaders Tomorrow
TT Educator Grants support social justice work in the classroom, as well as at the school and district levels. Latinx middle schoolers in California interviewed community leaders who reflected about the challenging and rewarding path to a thriving adulthood.
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Survey Says?
Teaching Tolerance asks educators about the social climate of their classrooms
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Doing History in Buncombe County
A community gets to know its own stories—past and present—through the study of slave deeds.
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Teaching Students About Confirmation Bias
Concerns about the impact of fake news are actually concerns about learning to know. That’s why teaching about confirmation bias is imperative.