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Life After Diversity Training
When the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights mandated diversity trainings for this school district, everyone pulled together to make some serious changes for the better.
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Literature
Raspberries! An American Tale of Cooperation
With only one wing, the little bird cannot fly to the raspberry patch with her brothers. As luck would have it, she meets a little dog, a chipmunk, and a frog who work together to get them all across the street to the raspberry patch.
July 2, 2014
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Multimedia
Hawaiians Live in Aloha
This animation sequence explains traditional Hawaiian gender roles and their conception of māhū, or the middle. Kumu Hina, a teacher at Hālau Lōkahi— a public charter school in Hawaii—also discusses the history of colonization and its impact on Hawaiian culture.
March 20, 2015
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Teaching the Past to Improve the Future
Despite a range of opposition, educators are committed to teaching honest history in their classrooms—and students are eager to learn.
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Civic Engagement and Communication as Digital Community Members
Just as we engage students in establishing guidelines for building inclusive, safe spaces in our classrooms, it is vital that students learn how to communicate in internet groups and respond to bias online.
September 26, 2017
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Support Targeted Students
It is vital to support specific victims of a bias incident or hate crime at school, as well as show support for the targeted community. To create this support, you must provide for physical safety, denounce the act in
August 27, 2012
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Do Something
Inventing a Better World
Students invent a product or process that solves a social problem discussed in the central text.
July 13, 2014
publication
Anti-Immigrant
Animus toward people perceived to be immigrants led to a significant amount of harassment in schools; about 18 percent of the incidents that educators reported were directed toward people seen as “foreign.” This category
May 1, 2019
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Crossing Borders/Border Crossings
The depth and clarity of a teacher's multicultural lens can make — or break — immigrant students' ability to learn.