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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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What We're Reading
Our book reviews can help you keep your practice fresh and informed.
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Toolkit for "The Young and the Registered"
Organizing and participating in a voter registration drive can be a powerful civics lesson for students. This toolkit lists suggestions on how you can help organize a student-led drive at your school.
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No Choice for Many Students
The law is touted as a way to provide "school choice," but in reality it discriminates against many impoverished families.
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Just Peace: A Message of Hope
In this book excerpt Mattie Stepanek describes what it is like living with a rare neuromuscular disease. Defying many developmental odds, Mattie recounts highs and lows as he travels toward his tenth birthday, living on what he terms “the edge.”
July 5, 2014
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Do Something
Be the Change...
Students identify and investigate a community problem and propose a solution. They then plan and implement action directed at solving the problem.
July 13, 2014
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Gay and Lesbian Parents
In this nonfiction piece, Julianna Fields tells the story of Bailey and his two fathers. After protecting Bailey from onlookers' scorn when he was a child, the family decided to participate in a project showcasing the diversity found in local families.
July 26, 2014
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Text Treasure Hunt
Student teams look for clues and respond to questions that help them identify details, organization, inferences and comparisons in the central text.
July 13, 2014
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Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union
South Carolina’s Declaration provides its justification for seceding from the union, revolving around maintaining the institution of slavery, which it believes is threatened by free states.
January 6, 2018
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AP World History Is Worth Saving
Teachers are pushing back against proposed changes they say would reframe AP World History as Eurocentric. Teaching Tolerance stands with them.