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Margins of Error
The needs of limited English proficiency students put special education assessment to the test.
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Why Public Schools Matter
Public schools are an ideal and vital mechanism for achieving a thriving democracy. This is the first of three articles on public schools as a common good, which explore the possibilities and threats to public education.
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Home-to-School Connections
Educators who connect their teaching to students’ cultures, languages and heritage create classroom environments that value critical home-school relationships, affirm student identities and challenge stereotypes.
May 26, 2023
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Speaking of Digital Literacy…
Understanding how the brain processes information can help students unravel the origins of fake news and other mysteries of the internet.
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Digging Deep Into the Social Justice Standards: Identity
In the first PD Café in our series about the LFJ Social Justice Standards, learn how to help your students dig deep on the concept of identity.
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The War on Drugs—Mechanisms and Effects
Mass incarceration is fueled by a highly funded and minimally constrained criminal justice system that traps people branded as “criminals,” even individuals without a criminal record, into a permanent undercaste.
October 13, 2014
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Toolkit for "Segregation by Design"
This toolkit suggests ways to use primary sources to help students uncover the realities of segregation and how it was deliberately perpetuated in the United States.
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An Educator Workshop With Black Children at the Center
An executive director of educational equity explains how her district planned a workshop for Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action—and how you can, too.
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Hate at School Report
We surveyed thousands of educators and the picture that emerges is the opposite of what schools should be. Our report details the scope of the problem and what you can do to help.
April 16, 2019