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Issue 3, Fall 2022

Building Connections Across Communities

Illustration of various people working together.

In recognizing a meaningful moment with educators, LFJ Associate Director for Learning in Schools, Sarah-SoonLing Blackburn, Ed.D., explains how “This work is more sustainable when we share it with others.”

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January 2, 2018

Toolkit for "Statistically Speaking"

Is teacher bullying an issue at your school? This toolkit offers practical suggestions for how to identify the problem and what to do about it.

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February 26, 2018

Students, Families and Educators Should Lead the Way on the Gun Crisis

Educator Mica Pollock and her daughter Elea call for a legislative response to school shootings.

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Rights & Activism

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January 9, 2018

Political Leaders Owe the Children of Baltimore an Apology—and Answers

black and white broken glass window pane

People in power have failed—and continue to fail—the children of Baltimore.

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Class

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May 3, 2018

Why We Walked: A Letter to Our Future Educators

Colorado Teacher Walkout | Photo by Hayley Breden

This Colorado teacher wants future educators to know that educators in her state aren’t walking out because they hate their jobs. They’re walking out because they love them.

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Rights & Activism

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October 9, 2018

Your Trans Students Need You

Students rushing through the hallways in school | Teaching Tolerance

What are the policies in place to protect trans students at your school? How can you make them stronger?

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Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Jerry McGill

McGill is a writer and artist. He taught high school language arts and journalism courses in Oregon. He is the author of the memoir Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man Who Shot Me.

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Amanda Blaine

Amanda Blaine loves supporting individuals and groups creating social and environmental change. She draws on nonviolent communication and years of working as a public school teacher and dialogue facilitator. She lives near Seattle.

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President Obama's Address on the 50th Anniversary of Bloody Sunday

Obama's 2015 speech on the Edmund Pettus Bridge honors the anniversary of "Bloody Sunday," when hundreds of voting-rights activists were brutally attacked by state troopers as they began a march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. President Obama reminds us of the spirit and struggle associated with the marchers in Selma, or any group of people meeting injustice.

Barack Obama

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6-8 9-12

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Civil Rights Movement Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Civics

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March 11, 2015

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Best Practices for Serving LGBTQ Students

With this guide, we hope to help teachers and school leaders make curriculum and policy decisions that include LGBTQ students and prepare all students to thrive in a diverse democracy.

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Gender & Sexual Identity

July 3, 2022

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