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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Check the Labels

Illustration of various social interactions

A simple writing assignment sharpens students’ minds — and challenges their biases.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Immigrant Charter Schools: A Better Choice?

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Charter schools tailored to the needs of newly arrived immigrants are getting a lot of attention. But are they working? And will they lead to a new kind of segregation?

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Immigration

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

'Homo High'

Some people argue “gay-friendly” schools offer needless segregation. Others say they’re the only chance some kids have to make it.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Uncovering the Movement

Let students ‘do’ history for themselves.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Unmaking Brown

Illustration of a boy being split in half, half black and half white

America’s schools are more segregated now than they were in the late 1960s.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Gender Segregation: Separate But Effective?

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Gender-segregated classrooms are on the rise in the U.S. — especially the Southeast — but research regarding their effectiveness remains inconclusive.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Into the Mainstream

In third grade, Julia Horsman’s entire science project consisted of being herded outside with the other kids with disabilities and rolling soda cans down a ramp.

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Ability

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

The Only One

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When you’re the only person of color in your class, school can become a struggle between two worlds.

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Toward a More Civil Discourse

New curriculum offers step-by-step lessons for engaging in effective argument on divisive issues.

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Bullying & Bias

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Kate Shuster, Ph.D., is an education researcher and author based in Montgomery, Alabama. Her work as project director for Teaching Tolerance’s Teaching Hard History initiative has included the following: researching for and writing the widely cited report Teaching Hard History: American Slavery; leading a team of experts to write and revise a suite of innovative K–12 curricular resources; producing the Teaching Hard History podcast; and creating and managing partnerships with related interpretive centers and institutions. Kate is also the author and researcher of Teaching Tolerance’s Teaching

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