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September 17, 2020

Stop Talking in Code: Call Them Black Boys

A Black educator challenges colleagues to consider the school-based and societal implications of calling Black boys “Black males.”

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity

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August 9, 2022

‘Roe v. Wade’—What Can Educators Do?

Two women sit at a table and one of the women is talking to someone across from her who is not in view. They are in a workshop setting.

While we may feel overwhelmed in the aftermath of the overturned landmark decision, we are neither hopeless nor helpless. A social justice education expert offers suggestions.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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"Turn Beauty Inside Out Day" Winning Essays

These essays accompany the lesson "Beauty Is Skin Deep."

Grade Level

6-8 9-12

Topic

Bullying & Bias

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

SEL

Science & Health

July 17, 2017

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September 29, 2017

First, Denounce the Act

School leaders can learn a lot from Lt. General Jay Silveria’s response to a horrible incident at the Air Force Academy Prep School.

Topic

Rights & Activism

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Literature

Chicken Soup: A Russian Tale of Giving

As the tsar sets out across the countryside in disguise, he meets two very different families and learns of the differing people (and their motives) living in his land.

Irina Starovoytova

Grade Level

K-2 3-5

Topic

Class

July 2, 2014

article

July 23, 2013

Talk with Students About Slut-Shaming

Slut-shaming is a dangerous phenomenon in schools, but there are ways to support students.

Topic

Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Informational

A Painter Named Kennedy

Meet Kennedy, of Mombasa, Kenya. His wheelchair doesn’t stop him from making the world a more beautiful place.

Jerry McGill & Jason Raish (illustrator)

Grade Level

3-5

Topic

Ability Class

Subject

Economics

Geography

January 23, 2017

article

July 24, 2014

The Zero Effect

As teachers, it is our job to set kids up to succeed, not to fail. Changing some of our grading practices is a good place to start.

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Val Brown is the Principal Academic Officer for the Center for Antiracist Education. She believes that education is a vehicle for social change, and encourages educators to engage in public discourse about critical topics because it allows them to learn with and from others. She is currently pursuing her doctorate in Curriculum, Teaching and Teacher Education.

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May 24, 2011

End the Silence on LGBT Bullying

New evidence of the bullying crisis in our schools appears daily in news reports and blogs. For some students, verbal harassment, cyber-ostracism and physical abuse are as routine as turning in homework. That’s particularly true for students who are—or simply perceived to be—gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender (LGBT).

Topic

Bullying & Bias Gender & Sexual Identity

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