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Centering Student Experiences

When asking students to explore issues of personal and social identity, teachers must help establish braver spaces where students are seen, valued, cared for, respected, and have opportunities to learn from one another’s experiences and perspectives.

May 26, 2023

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Issue 35, Spring 2009

21 Seconds to Teach Humanity

Student crouched in his chair scared of adult figure on the chalkboard

Her lessons met the standards, but her students were pummeling each other in the restroom between classes. How one teacher found a way to reach the benchmarks that really matter.

Topic

Bullying & Bias

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

Lies My Bookshelf Told Me: Slavery in Children’s Literature

The word "Slavery" being painted over by white paint and white painter.

Children’s books are a common way to introduce the topic of slavery to our youngest students. But what do we do when the stories get it wrong?

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Issue 62, Summer 2019

Toolkit for “The Subscribed Classroom: Using Podcasts to Teach About Social Justice”

Illustration of an open book where one of the pages is set up in the style of a podcast episode player.

Before you introduce a podcast to your students, consider these steps and recommendations.

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July 25, 2016

A Teachable Moment on Gender Fluidity

This writer and LGBT advocate spoke to a group of middle school students about being gender fluid. The next day, an unforgettable email showed them the power of open and honest dialogue.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

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Issue 25, Spring 2004

BROWN V. BOARD: Where Are We Now?

African American Student holding the US flag while younger students are sitting on the floor

Fifty years after the historic ruling, American schools are resegregating.

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Rights & Activism

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September 27, 2017

Celebrating Freedom Means Celebrating Defiance

Given the controversy around kneeling during the national anthem, studying and discussing two landmark Supreme Court cases can provide students with examples of an oppressed group of people who defied authority and won.

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Religion Rights & Activism

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Freedom's Main Line

One of the earliest assaults on segregated transit in the South occurred in Louisville, Ky., in 1870-71. There, the city’s black community organized a successful protest that relied on nonviolent direct action, a tactic that would give shape to the modern civil rights movement nearly a century later.

Maria Fleming

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

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Civics

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December 6, 2017

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Issue 15, Spring 1999

Schoolhouse Blues

An African American art form offers new lessons in harmony.

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February 1, 2012

Question the American Dream

One teacher considers how to talk with students about the idea of the American Dream.

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