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Just Human
A recent hospital stay led this educator to reflect on the ways in which she does—and does not—truly see her students.
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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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Equity, Period.
Join the movement to destigmatize menstruation and make schools more accommodating for all students who experience it.
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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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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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The Early Republic
In this lesson, students examine voting rights in the early years of the United States and the causes and effects of the first major expansion of voting rights, which took place in the late 1700s and first half of the 1800s. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to explain where various groups of Americans stood regarding the right to vote before the Civil War, and will hypothesize about what they expect happened next.
October 21, 2011
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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.