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The Educator in the Mirror
Being an effective ally for all students means honestly examining your practice as an educator.
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Toolkit for "Closed for Business"
This toolkit distills information from “Closed for Business” into nine questions (to ask and answer) about school closures. Integrate these questions into your next discussion about education reform.
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Literature
A Place Where Sunflowers Grow
Mari and her family have been sent to an internment camp in Utah. She does not understand what they have done to deserve their internment and longs for her backyard in California where she used to grow sunflowers.
April 7, 2016
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Informational
Testimony Before the Credentials Committee, Democratic National Convention
In this transcript, Fanny Lou Hamer describes the way in which she was forced to leave the plantation where she worked as as sharecropper for 18 years, was arrested and was beaten--all on account of trying to register to vote.
July 3, 2014
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Planting Seeds, Growing Diversity
STEM classes have long been dominated by white males. Here are ways to make these fields more attractive to girls and students of color.
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Multimedia
Family Restaurant
In this film, the debates surrounding same-sex marriage are illustrated when a ketchup bottle wants to be with a mustard bottle. Picky, the toothpick dispenser, resists such an idea because it flies in the face of tradition.
July 8, 2014
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Learning Hard History on the Road
Charlottesville residents took to the road this summer to learn how the past can help them construct a more just and peaceful present.
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What We're Watching
Dim the lights and get ready to learn with these TT-approved films!
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I’m Different, Just Like You
Regina Santiago has her own immigration story; sharing it helps students feel safe to share theirs.