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Joel Baum

Joel Baum is the Senior Director of Professional Development at Gender Spectrum, a leading national nonprofit dedicated to gender understanding for all children and youth. Joel has worked as an educator focused on issues of social justice and equity for over 30 years.

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Cory Collins

Cory is an author and journalist and a former senior writer for Learning for Justice. He has experience in both the newsroom—as a former sports journalist—and the classroom, where he has provided reading intervention and tutoring for K–6 students from rural Kentucky to Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Issue 35, Spring 2009

Lies Our Students Tell Themselves

Part of the 'Why I Teach' series

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Rights & Activism

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April 28, 2016

Students Jailed for “Disorderly Conduct”

A law fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center details a disturbing pattern: A student is arrested for minor misbehavior, the parents are kept in the dark, and the family finds itself navigating the criminal justice system.

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Ability

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May 9, 2016

Q&A With Dana Goldstein

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear directly from journalist and author of The Teacher Wars, Dana Goldstein!

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May 13, 2016

Dear Colleagues, You Need to Ensure Transgender Students’ Rights

A new directive on transgender students, issued today by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, applies to all public schools.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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April 27, 2017

A Call for Democratic Education

Since the polarized 2016 election, many people have suggested what schools can do to promote civility, critical thinking and civic engagement. This educator says democratic education might be the most important way to go.

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September 12, 2016

Teaching the Election Doesn’t Require Neutrality

This history teacher offers a strategy for teaching about the presidential election. It starts with organizing ideas into three categories: consensus, legitimately controversial and out of bounds.

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August 12, 2014

This is Community

How does one foster a school community—that is equitable and committed to breaking down barriers? A TT awardee shares her approach.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 23, Spring 2003

American Gothic

A new curriculum explores a disturbing side of the Progressive Era.

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Bullying & Bias

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