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March 16, 2012

For the Love of Our Hair

My day begins supervising fourth-grade recess. It’s a nice way to ease into being in the school building, where I often cringe at how we insist that small children stay tethered to their chairs for so many hours in a row.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 48, Fall 2014

Toolkit for Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education

Apply the seven-step case method to another case—or to a case of your own.

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Only Young Once: Alabama’s Overreliance on School Pushout and For-Profit Youth Incarceration

[2024] This report details how a narrative of youth crime contributes to overly punitive school discipline, racial disparities, and an expensive youth legal system that is not designed for rehabilitation.

September 12, 2024

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August 16, 2017

Why I Will Not Be Teaching About Charlottesville

After Charlottesville, this black teacher of black and brown students knew that her kids would not want another lesson about bigotry and racism. Here’s what she did instead.

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Rights & Activism

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February 21, 2019

Hate at School: January 2019

We’re halfway through the school year, and there is no indication that hate incidents at school are slowing down.

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Ability Gender & Sexual Identity Bullying & Bias

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Nobody’s Free Until Everybody’s Free

“Democracy is not a state. It is not some high plateau that we struggle to reach so we can finally settle down to rest. Democracy is an act. It is an act that requires participation, organization and dedication to the highest principles. It is an act, and a series of actions that require us to continuously verify our commitment to civil rights and social justice at every challenge.”
— Rep. John Lewis