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September 17, 2018

Five Ways to Support Undocumented Students During Election Season

Student holding books speaking with adult in school hallway.

Voter registration drives can be fraught for undocumented students. Here’s how you can ensure that all your students are involved—and supported—this election season.

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Immigration Rights & Activism

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August 25, 2020

Supporting Student Voter Registration Remotely

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The continuation of distance learning—and ongoing social distancing regulations in most states and localities—has added obstacles to holding student voter registration drives. But it’s not impossible.

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Rights & Activism

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A Rumbling in the Mines

This chapter details the Chinese involvement in building the transcontinental railroad and the friction it caused between them and white workers, whom Chinese workers displaced from their jobs due to their willingness to work for less and not join labor unions.

Learning for Justice Staff

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9-12

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

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History

Economics

Geography

August 22, 2016

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DREAM Act of 2011

Laura Vazquez, an analyst for the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), presented this statement to a Congressional subcommittee at the hearing “S. 952, DEVELOPMENT, RELIEF, AND EDUCATION FOR ALIEN MINORS (DREAM) ACT OF 2011” on June 28, 2011.

Laura Vazquez

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Immigration Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

July 2, 2014

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Issue 49, Spring 2015

Learning to Be "Good"

Colorful illustration of kids doing various good deeds

Can kindness be taught? Scientists say yes.

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Issue 54, Fall 2016

Pathways to Adulthood

Dare to dream big about what senior year could be.

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October 4, 2019

Sacred Spaces and the Work of Social Justice Educators

Photograph of the Civil Rights Memorial wall and fountain. The words "...until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. —Martin Luther King Jr." appear plainly on the wall.

The Civil Rights Memorial sits near TT's office. As we celebrate the birthday of its designer, Maya Lin, a TT staffer reflects on this space and its connection to the work educators do every day.

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Rights & Activism

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November 8, 2019

What We’re Reading This Week: November 8, 2019

A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.

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In Plain Sight: Special Education Outcomes and Challenges in Mississippi

[2024] This report provides an in-depth assessment of the challenges and inequities in the special education system and how they adversely affect the educational rights of disabled children in Mississippi.

October 18, 2024

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Chapter 1: Editorials

An excerpt from A Whale Hunt, How a Native-American Village Did What No One Thought It Could by Robert Sullivan. This piece is to accompany "Holding Onto Heritage: Native Whale Hunts & Diversity" lesson.

Grade Level

9-12

Subject

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

July 14, 2017

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