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On ‘That’s So Gay’ and Learning Math
A student’s frustration over a math lesson offers an opportunity to learn about respect.
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Boy Scouts Weighs LGBT Inclusivity
Breaking! The president of the Boy Scouts of America urges his organization to remove its ban on gay adult leaders.
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Just Say No to Identity-based Spirit Days
As sure as October brings pumpkins and pep rallies, TT Director Maureen Costello knows she’ll hear dis-spiriting news about a school’s offensive choice of spirit week theme. Yesterday was no exception.
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Hand Me Downs
This spoken word poem explores the limited definition of maleness that is sometimes passed from fathers to sons.
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A word wall is an organized display of vocabulary words drawn from the texts students are reading.
July 19, 2014
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A Justice Educator’s New Year
This blogger suggests four strategies—or resolutions—that social justice educators and activists can use to protect their sanity and promote solidarity.
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What Is the Model Minority Myth?
The myth of the “model minority” is pervasive. It does real damage. And Asian American students aren’t the only ones it harms.
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The Harlem Renaissance: Restructuring, Rebirth and Reckoning
Episode 12, Season 4 During the Harlem Renaissance, more Black artists than ever before were asking key questions about the role of art in society. Oftentimes the Harlem Renaissance is misconstrued as a discrete moment
February 16, 2022
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Changing the Game: Sports in the Jim Crow Era
Episode 11, Season 4 In the United States, Black athletes have had to contend with two sets of rules: those of the game and those of a racist society. While they dealt with 20th century realities of breaking the color
January 20, 2022