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Personal Picture Dictionary
A personal picture dictionary is an individual vocabulary and spelling resource students make themselves.
July 19, 2014
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Teaching About Mass Incarceration: The Ongoing Narrative of Racial Oppression
We need to talk about mass incarceration in schools, and the conversation can’t stop after one discussion.
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The Color of Law: Winners and Losers in the Job Market
This lesson is the second lesson of the series The Color of Law: The Role of Government in Shaping Racial Inequity. In this lesson, students examine how government policies helped white people access economic benefits while preventing African Americans from accessing these same benefits.
October 10, 2019
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Equity, Period.
Join the movement to destigmatize menstruation and make schools more accommodating for all students who experience it.
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Time Spent Building Community Is Never Time Wasted
LFJ Deputy Director Hoyt Phillips offers insight into the significance of intentional and consistent relationship building—inside the classroom and beyond.
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When Bad Things Happen, Be a Helper
When it seems that tragedies are happening in rapid succession, we evoke a quote from educator and television host Fred Rogers of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. As a boy, his mother told him that when scary thing happen to “look for the helpers.”
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Keep on Mixing!
National Mix It Up at Lunch Day may be over, but focusing on social divisions in schools is still a priority.
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Humanity, Healing and Doing the Work
Honoring our collective humanity will result in an education system in which all children thrive.
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Heavy Topics, Strong Classrooms
Our democracy desperately needs diverse voices to engage in mature dialogue if we are to ever find compassionate solutions to our common problems. Schools must be where young people learn to do this.