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Issue 65, Fall 2020

History Moves With Us

A movement veteran reflects on teaching civil rights history.

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Issue 63, Fall 2019

Digging Deep Into the Social Justice Standards: Diversity

It's time to reclaim "diversity" as a vital practice, not a buzzword. We're here to help you do it.

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Issue 39, Spring 2011

The Human Face of Immigration

Students challenge stereotypes when they see the people behind the slogans.

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Immigration

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Issue 37, Spring 2010

Immigrant Charter Schools: A Better Choice?

Illustration of students hanging onto the tassel of another students graduation cap

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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Marvin Reed resides in the Bay Area and teaches third grade at Rosa Parks Elementary School in the Berkeley Unified School District. He holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology, a master’s degree in higher education and leadership policies, a Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential and currently is pursuing a doctorate in educational leadership from California State University, Sacramento. He was recognized in 2021 as the Computer-Using Educators (CUE) Emerging Teacher of the Year. He has served as a judge and as a leadership clinician with many prestigious marching band programs around the state

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Issue 20, Fall 2001

What's In a Word?

Elementary students learn a lesson in the language of respect.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 36, Fall 2009

Close to Home

Jackie Brown prided herself on teaching her students about disabilities. But could she confront her own feelings about her mother and polio?

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Ability

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Issue 43, Spring 2013

Religion in the Locker Room

Teaching Tolerance illustration of Coach with clerical collar inside a locker room

What happens when coaches get church-state separation wrong?

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Religion

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Graça Machel

Graça Machel dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of children—especially those who have fallen victim to war—all over the world.

Learning for Justice Staff

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9-12

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Civics

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August 8, 2017

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March 24, 2011

Remembering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

In today’s anti-government, anti-union environment, it’s important to illustrate what happens when the powerful hold all the cards. The Triangle shirtwaist fire presents an opportunity to do just that.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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