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Out of Auschwitz
Samuel Pisar, a survivor of Auschwitz, recounts his liberation at age 16 from the most notorious Nazi death camp.
July 5, 2014
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Teaching and Affirming LGBTQ Youth after the ‘Bostock’ Decision
This summer’s landmark Supreme Court case made it illegal to fire someone based on their gender or sexuality. But ‘Bostock’ is a baseline, not a ceiling.
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What Anti-racism Really Means for Educators
As anti-racism becomes a popular goal for schools across the nation, this TT advisory board member considers what it really means to be an anti-racist educator.
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Why Civics Needs Social Justice Education
Social justice-oriented civics education is crucial for developing the civic knowledge, skills and dispositions people need to fulfill the potential of a multiracial and inclusive democracy.
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Three from the Country
There is no “typical” rural teacher. Here’s a glimpse into the lives of three teachers in diverse, far-flung settings.
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Redstockings Manifesto
The feminist organization Redstockings was founded in New York in 1969 on the premise that women were oppressed by male supremacy. Their manifesto calls for female class consciousness and a fight for liberation.
July 2, 2014
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What It Means To Learn for Justice
LFJ Director Jalaya Liles Dunn emphasizes that “We increase our power to foster change when we are in community with one another – deliberating, deciding and taking action.”
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Injustice on Our Plates
In 2010, the Southern Poverty Law Center interviewed 150 immigrant women who left Latin American nations in search of a better life in the United States. Most of them landed in physically crippling, low-paying jobs that make our lives easier but have rendered them voiceless and invisible.
May 25, 2011
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Getting Past the ‘Digital Divide’
Educators who can work around obstacles and recognize the promise of new technologies are making a difference.
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The Skin I'm In (Chapter 4)
Maleeka gets made fun of at school about her clothes, her grades, even the color of her skin. In this chapter, one of her teachers, with white blotches on her face, shows how she's been able to accept the skin she's in.
July 3, 2014