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Teachers Aren’t Warriors
Words meant to inspire can have the opposite effect. This teacher looks for a new way to talk about teaching.
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One Life is Too Many
Want to do your part to make schools safer? Use National Youth Violence Prevention Week as a starting point for year-round planning.
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Online Exclusive Video Feature: Youth United!
As these young activists prove, it's never too early to change the world.
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The Tank Man
Tiananmen Square is a large city square in Beijing, China, that has become known as a site of political protest. This photograph documents an infamous moment in the square’s history.
July 5, 2014
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Ninth Ward
The narrative voice belongs to Lanesha, a 12-year-old girl growing up in New Orleans. Lanesha is frequently picked on and teased because she has a special gift—the ability to see ghosts and spirits. Used to being bullied herself, in this scene Lanesha is a witness when someone else is the target.
July 2, 2014
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Examining Your School's Climate
Use these resources to assess your school's climate.
July 6, 2009
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Portfolio Activity for “Defining Moments”
Children’s dictionaries have the power to shape how kids see the world. Be sure yours promotes tolerance.
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‘Not One Step Back’ in Wake County
Last Saturday, on one of North Carolina’s sunniest, warmest days this winter, thousands of people gathered in front of Shaw University in Raleigh to participate in the NAACP’s annual march for justice, workers’ rights and educational equality. The march has been dubbed the “HK on J,” or “historic thousands on Jones Street.” By mid-day, that’s exactly what it was: Too many people to count snaking through downtown Raleigh toward the state legislative building.
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Representative Lewis Discusses Reenacting Historic Bus Rides of 1961 Video Transcript
This piece is to accompany The Freedom RidersForty years ago, a dozen or so friends decided to test a new ruling that banned the forced separation of whites and blacks in interstate travel. They became known as Freedom Riders, and they paved the way for the civil rights struggle. John Lewis joined the original rides. He is now a Congressman from Georgia. Well, today they're retracing their steps from the spring of '61.
April 5, 2011
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Sitting in the Shadows of Hope
This TT staffer reflects on the incessant violence in our country as an educator and a mother.