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Start Planning Now: Hispanic Heritage Month
Cultural celebrations give students a chance to shine and benefit schools all year long.
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Creating a Hmong Student Advisory Board
Unsure how to teach about a particular culture? Ask the experts...the students!
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Politics of the New South
In “Politics of the New South,” Maria Hinojosa revisits Clarkston, Georgia, featured in a previous episode and notable for its immigrant population. It’s three days before an election in which three former refugees are running for city office for the very first time.
October 27, 2014
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Learning From the Inside
Educators working in locked facilities have a lot to offer—to their students and to their public-school colleagues.
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The Danger of a Single Story
This history teacher uses Chimamanda Adichie’s TED Talk, “The Danger of a Single Story,” to foster his middle school students’ understanding of the relationship between narrative and power.
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Joseph’s Castle in the Sky
A trip to Haiti gives Joseph a new perspective on his identity and his adoption.
January 23, 2017
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Small Truths: The Immigration Experience Through the Eyes of Children
This film documents English language learners as they write and tell personal stories from their past.
February 6, 2017
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Harlem
When dreams and opportunities are pushed out of reach, only so many avenues offer recourse.
July 5, 2014
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‘Hope, Despair and Memory’
"Hope, Despair and Memory" is an address given by Elie Wiesel on December 11, 1986, the date Wiesel was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Wiesel is an author and humanitarian and is known for writing about his experience as a survivor of the Holocaust.
July 5, 2014
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Why Chicken Means So Much to Me
It may seem like an empty stomach is the worst thing about being poor, but for Junior it’s not being able to save his best friend.
July 5, 2014