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Teaching the Past to Improve the Future
Despite a range of opposition, educators are committed to teaching honest history in their classrooms—and students are eager to learn.
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You and White Supremacy: A Challenge to Educators
It started as a series of Instagram posts; then it became a downloadable workbook. Now, the “Me and White Supremacy” challenge is reaching the mainstream—and creator Layla F. Saad hopes all teachers with white privilege will find the courage to take it.
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"Safe Saturday" Conversations About Race
An educator’s message motivated by personal unresolved grief leads to the creation of a safe space for intensive, interactive learning about racism and honest U.S. history.
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A Time of Transformation and Possibility
The United States has championed human rights around the globe but needs to consistently ensure those protections domestically.
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Why I’m A Racist
A white man writes about his journey to understanding his racial privilege and the “benefit of the doubt” that life has afforded him.
December 5, 2017
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What to Say to Kids on November 10 and the Days After
Yesterday, you needed to reassure your students and keep them safe. Today, you need to tell them the truth: Everything is not OK. We have work to do, and we can do it.
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Introducing 'The New Jim Crow'
In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander explores complex questions about the criminal justice system and the history of race and racial justice in the United States.
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Defining Moments \ di-'fī-ning 'mō-mnts \
n. pl. Children’s dictionaries have the power to shape how kids see the world. Be sure yours promotes tolerance.
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Once Upon a Time in America
Don’t sugarcoat history in teaching the civil rights movement. Students deserve the full truth about both the racial bias that caused it and our hesitant steps toward freedom.