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October 19, 2018

Why the Texas Police-Stop Video Is a Problem

Police officer seen approaching in a car's side mirror.

A new Texas law requires that students learn how to act appropriately when interacting with police officers before graduation, but it misses the mark by ignoring a history of policing that has not reserved the same respect for its citizens.

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Rights & Activism

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Issue 61, Spring 2019

Preserving a More Honest History

Want to take a field trip to a historic home or plantation? Here’s how to choose one that honors the enslaved people who lived and worked there.

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Privacy and Security Online

Students will discuss basic guidelines for maintaining privacy and security online. To help them internalize these rules, students will illustrate what it would mean to follow each guideline.

Grade Level

3-5

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Digital Literacy

Reading & Language Arts

Social Studies

September 25, 2017

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June 30, 2020

Anti-Racist Work in Schools: Are You in it for the Long Haul?

Empty desks in a classroom with a blackboard in the background.

In the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, educators and schools across the nation are planning anti-racist work. How will you ensure your school isn’t just going through the motions?

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Rights & Activism

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August 30, 2019

What We’re Reading This Week: August 30, 2019

A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.

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November 21, 2018

Using Comics to Fight Stereotypes

Eileen Alden, Vishavjit Singh and Keith Knight.

An interview with filmmaker Harleen Singh

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October 3, 2019

Recovering and Teaching Local History

Black students in Mansfield, TX during integration crisis, standing in front of a school bus

Local history has a profound effect on our communities. It’s up to educators to learn and teach students about the hard history in their own backyards.

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Rights & Activism

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Informational

1947: Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball

Suzanne Bilyeu details how Jackie Robinson's gift for playing ball eventually united a team of 30 men and gave hope to hundreds of thousands of African Americans. These feats came at a great cost to Robinson physically, mentally and emotionally as he endured hate and hardships on and off the field

Suzanne Bilyeu

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Rights & Activism

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History

July 7, 2014

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September 28, 2018

Only a Lynching Is a Lynching

The National Memorial for Peace and Justice | Equal Justice Initiative | Photo by Lauryn Mascareñaz

We must resist language that compares the challenging of powerful men to racial terror.

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Rights & Activism

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August 26, 2014

Students Are Watching Ferguson

At a time like this, educators can’t afford not to discuss Ferguson in the classroom.

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Rights & Activism

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