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Introduction to ‘Reading for Social Justice’

Late on a November afternoon in 2017, I got an email from a professional acquaintance telling me about an informal project in Boulder, Colorado. A group of parents, some of whom happened to also be professors and staff

October 16, 2019

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Slave Houses, Louisiana (1853)

The drawing is a visual description that seeks to portray enslaved people as enjoying a relatively stable home life with people playing music, dancing and courting.

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6-8 9-12

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Slavery

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History

December 14, 2017

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Reframing the Movement

Episode 1, Season 3 Teaching the civil rights movement accurately and effectively requires deconstructing the myths and misconceptions around it. Most people are familiar with a very specific version of the movement that

August 5, 2020

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Angela Hartman

Angela is the librarian for the secondary campuses of Hutto Independent School District. She has been a librarian for 24 years at the elementary, middle school and high school levels. Hartman is a member of the Holocaust Education Network of the Olga Lengyel Institute and has extensive training in Holocaust education. She plans and coordinates campus, district and community-wide programs that focus on civil rights, social justice and Holocaust education. Hartman is also a member of the Teaching Tolerance Advisory Board.

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January 22, 2018

Accepting Change Because My Students Accepted First

After surviving a devastating car accident, this teacher realizes her true purpose in the classroom.

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Issue 6, Fall 2024

Loving and Nurturing Young People

The author of ‘Humans Who Teach’ encourages us all to work together in a collective approach to nurturing young people’s well-being.

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November 16, 2011

Students Protest Alabama’s Immigration Law

For more than 20 years, Teaching Tolerance, based in Montgomery, Ala., has worked to help educators embrace the diverse classroom. We strive toward bias-free schools. We advocate acceptance, respect, equality and safety for all students.

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Immigration Rights & Activism

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August 16, 2011

Federal Initiative to Keep Students in Schools and Off the Streets is Step in Right Direction

We all want our schools to be safe and orderly. Our teachers should be able to focus on teaching and our children should be able to focus on learning. Sadly, though, the effort to instill greater discipline in our schools has backfired.

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May 3, 2016

Excellence With Equity: A Mentor’s Approach, Part 3

This new-educator mentor discusses how mentoring can expand beginning teachers’ critical lens toward advocacy for students and their professional agency in rerouting the school-to-prison pipeline.

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April 17, 2017

Teach Identity and Diversity—Even in Science Class

As Earth Day approaches, it’s a good time to think about how you approach issues of identity and diversity when it comes to the environment—regardless of the subject you teach. Here’s how one science teacher did it.

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