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Bringing Black Lives Matter Into the Classroom | Part II
Educator Jamilah Pitts introduces ways to discuss Black Lives Matter across all grade levels.
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Teaching 'The New Jim Crow'
A teacher’s guide for The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, a groundbreaking book by Michelle Alexander.
June 23, 2022
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More Than Birds and Butterflies
Environmental sensitivity and social justice concerns can lead to action.
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Cleaning the Middle School Mess with Teamwork
In New Orleans it’s called “mess.” That cancerous, manipulative drama that teenage girls get wrapped up in every year. We dealt with our share of it this year at my school, most of it within the seventh grade. It came to a head with two strong-willed young ladies yelling from behind their desks, exchanging threats and insults.
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Poetry Encourages Self-Expression
Writing poems can help students address difficult issues and become agents for social change.
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Teaching Digital Literacy This Election Season
As disinformation about the 2020 election continues to spread, these resources can help you teach students about evaluating sources, recognizing "fake news" and becoming critical consumers of online information.
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Hate at School: November 2018
We tracked more hate reports in November 2018 than we did this time last year.
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A More Complete Women’s History
Go beyond “famous firsts” and teach about the many ways women show up in the world.
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Confronting the Weaponization of Whiteness in Classrooms
As viral racist incidents quickly disappear from public discourse, we challenge white teachers to keep those moments top of mind and reflect on their own biased behaviors in classrooms.
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