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February 21, 2017

Mindfulness: Good for You and Your Students

Teachers and students benefit equally from less stress in the classroom and in their lives. Consider bringing mindfulness—one stress reliever—into your classroom.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Laurie Grossman

With the help of three others, Laurie created Mindful Schools, a vibrant organization that has trained over 300,000 teachers and students in the last 10 years. In 2014, she joined the team at Inner Explorer to spread mindfulness to schools. In 2016, New Harbinger published a book she wrote with fifth-graders in East Oakland called Master of Mindfulness: How to Be Your Own Superhero in Times of Stress.

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February 17, 2017

What We’re Reading This Week: February 17

A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.

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February 17, 2017

Rochester, NY: “Black Lives Matter at School”

In this district, students, educators, support staff, administrators and community partners are coming together to affirm that black lives matter.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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February 16, 2017

Modify and Adjust: Teaching During Turbulent Times

When a bias incident occurred on her campus, this educator quickly adjusted the next day’s teaching plan to address it—because she had to.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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February 15, 2017

Early-Grades Bilingual Books: What Works and What Doesn’t

Bilingual books are great tools for teaching languages and changing attitudes about other cultures, but finding quality books can be challenging. Here’s what to look for.

Topic

Immigration Bullying & Bias

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February 14, 2017

Black LGBTQ History: Teachers Must Do a Better Job

Civil rights and LGBTQ leader Bayard Rustin talking to four students gathered around him.

Our curricula should not present a narrow, monolithic narrative about Black history that omits certain voices and identity groups, such as LGBTQ individuals.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

lesson

Countering Islamophobia

This lesson helps students explore, confront and deconstruct stereotypes targeted at Muslims. Students will learn about the impact of Islamophobia and create an anti-Islamophobia campaign to display in school.

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Religion

February 14, 2017

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February 13, 2017

How ‘Homegoing’ Has Changed My Teaching

After reading Yaa Gyasi’s Homegoing, this teacher is doubling down on his efforts to root the study of literature and written expression in an emancipatory impulse.

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

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Woman Suffrage Headquarters

Black and white photo of suffragists in front of their office with signs that read, "Come in and learn why women OUGHT to vote" and "Woman suffrage headquarters. Men of Ohio! Give the women a square deal. Vote for amendment No. 23 on September 3, 1912."

This 1912 photo was taken outside the woman suffrage headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio. Far right in the photo is Miss Belle Sherwin, President, National League of Women Voters.

League of Women Voters (U.S.) Records

Grade Level

3-5 6-8 9-12

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

Subject

Civics

History

February 13, 2017

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