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Discussing #TakeAKnee in Class
With the spotlight once again on the act of kneeling during the national anthem, students will bring this conversation to the classroom. Here’s how to guide that discussion.
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Policy Checkup: Addressing and Preventing Sexual Assault in Schools
Educators can use the #metoo movement as an opportunity to make sure their schools have policies in place to protect students and staff from sexual assault and harassment. Here’s how.
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They Must Always Look Outward
Trying to reconcile education and the world we currently inhabit has led one teacher to shift the focus of his teaching to nurturing active participants in a diverse democracy.
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Three Tips for Current-Event Lesson Plans
Do you ever struggle to create a quick lesson about a current event? This teacher offers strategies to do it well.
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This Little Light of Mine
In addition to holding a key place in American folk and gospel music, this song has significance as an anthem of the civil rights movement.
July 3, 2014
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Toolkit for “Fostering Allies”
This toolkit accompanies the Summer 2013 article “Fostering Allies,” and provides professional-development support to educators and school staff who work with students in foster care.
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Native Voices, Native Votes
The country's first inhabitants are the least likely to vote in national elections. Why?
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Flint Sit-Down Strike
Between December 1936 and February 1937, auto industry laborers in Flint, Mich., stopped working and occupied the GM factories that employed them until their right to unionize was recognized.
July 9, 2014