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Cory Collins

Cory is an author and journalist and a former senior writer for Learning for Justice. He has experience in both the newsroom—as a former sports journalist—and the classroom, where he has provided reading intervention and tutoring for K–6 students from rural Kentucky to Charlotte, North Carolina.

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June 5, 2017

Ally or Accomplice? The Language of Activism

A new use of the word accomplice pushed this educator to rethink her activist approaches inside and outside the classroom.

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Rights & Activism

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June 1, 2017

Proposed Medicaid Funding Cuts Could Devastate Special Education

The U.S. House’s proposed health care bill sends a clear message that special education mandates aren’t on its funding priority list.

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Rights & Activism

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Susan C. Faircloth

Susan, an enrolled member of the Coharie Tribe of North Carolina, is a professor in the Educational Leadership Department at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Faircloth’s research interests include: Indigenous education, the education of culturally and linguistically diverse students with special educational needs, and the moral and ethical dimensions of school leadership.

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Elizabeth Currin

Elizabeth is a former high school English teacher and a Ph.D. candidate in curriculum, teaching and teacher education at the University of Florida. She currently supervises pre-service teachers and teaches courses on practitioner inquiry and the history of education.

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May 30, 2017

Teaching About “History Wars”

The removal of Confederate statues around the United States can prompt discussions in the classroom over the nature of history and how we should remember our country’s past.

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Toolkit for "With and About"

This toolkit for “With and About” provides resources to assist educators in designing and delivering more culturally relevant and responsive instruction to and about American Indian peoples.

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Toolkit for "Walking Undocumented"

This toolkit for “Walking Undocumented” highlights a handful of TT classroom materials for teaching about immigrant students, including those who may be undocumented or from mixed-status families.

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Toolkit for "A Case for Acculturation"

This toolkit for “A Case for Acculturation” offers some PD and classroom strategies aimed to help immigrant students feel welcome, valued and safe at school.

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Issue 56, Summer 2017

Toolkit for "It’s Report Card Time—and I Despise It"

This teacher dreads reducing her students to a few words on a progress report. So what would she rather tell them instead?

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