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Mental Health and Support Are Always Important

Throughout May, we've been sharing resources supporting educator and student mental health. Now, as Mental Health Awareness Month comes to a close, we hope you'll commit to integrating mental health literacy into your curricula and normalizing discussions of mental health and wellness year round.

  • Student Mental Health Matters
  • Broken and Healing: Normalizing Mental Health Issues in Our Classrooms
  • SMS SOS
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Supporting Immigrant Students as the School Year Begins

Legally obligated to enroll and support immigrant students—regardless of status—public schools often present numerous obstacles for young people and their families.

  • Protecting Immigrant Students’ Rights
  • Immigrant and Refugee Children: A Guide for Educators and School Support Staff
  • Supporting and Affirming Immigrant Students and Families
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Kathleen B. Jones

Kathleen is professor emerita of women’s studies at San Diego State University and visiting research fellow at University of California, Davis, where she directs a National Endowment for the Humanities seminar for schoolteachers on the political theory of Hannah Arendt. She has been active in the field of women and politics and feminist theory since 1975, publishing widely on feminism and political theory in both scholarly and popular journals. Jones’ latest book, Diving for Pearls: A Thinking Journey with Hannah Arendt (Thinking Women Books, 2013), explores Arendt’s influence in her life .
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Vanessa D'Egidio

Vanessa D'Egidio is a seventh-grade humanities teacher in New York City. This is her eighth year of teaching but her first year as a middle school educator, having moved into a new role after teaching second grade for the past five years. Vanessa brings to the classroom a passion for education that empowers, validates, connects and inspires critical thinking and positive social action. She is a former member of the Teaching Tolerance advisory board and contributor to TT's Perspectives for a Diverse America curriculum. Vanessa enjoys designing and leading workshops around issues related to
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Kimi Eisele

Kimi Eisele is a freelance writer in Tucson. Also a teaching artist, she conducts residences and workshops in writing and dance for children, teens and adults.
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John Perritano

John Perritano is an award-winning author and journalist who has penned many articles and books for children and teens. He lives in Southbury, Conn.
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J. Mark Coleman

Mark Coleman has been a teacher with Montgomery Public Schools for more than a decade. Most of that time was as a technology coordinator. Besides teaching social studies in a paperless environment, he’s taught web development, Adobe photoshop, Adobe flash and sound recording. A long-time evangelist for the power of new media and social networking tools, he strives to bring the power of user/student-related content into the classroom. He was named the 2011 winner of Alabama’s Marbury award for technology innovation in the classroom. He has presented at conferences for Alabama Educational
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Advocating for Undocumented Youth

With conditions at detention centers and plans for more ICE raids in the news, it’s easy to feel hopeless. But, as educators, you have more power than you may realize. These resources outline practical steps you can take today to interrupt the school-to-deportation pipeline and support undocumented students and their families.

  • The School-to-Deportation Pipeline
  • Toolkit for "The School-to-Deportation Pipeline"
  • Toolkit for "This Is Not a Drill"
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Healthy Reminders During COVID-19 and School Closures

The COVID-19 outbreak and resulting social distancing guidelines affect the way we teach, learn and maintain relationships with our students and one another. These resources include a reminder to check our priorities, tips for making online courses culturally responsive and strategies for speaking up against coronavirus racism.

  • A Healthy Reminder to Educators During School Closures
  • Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
  • How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism