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Methods Courses
Building on what students have learned in foundations courses, methods courses tend to focus more closely on processes and procedures for teaching specific student populations or for teaching specific disciplines. This
October 24, 2018
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A Place to Stand
The editor of Teaching Tolerance reflects on the need to commemorate the toll of slavery.
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Introduction to the Teacher’s Guide
Teaching 'The New Jim Crow' Introduction to the Teacher's Guide In many ways, this is a dream come true. I have long hoped that a set of materials would be created that would support high school teachers who want to
July 6, 2017
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Fostering Biophilia
Environmental awareness isn’t just about facts; emotional development plays an important role.
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Become an “Ecolutionary”
Inspired by a TED Talk, a teacher mobilizes his entire school community to plant an urban garden.
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The Election, One Year Later: Stories From Anthropologists of Education
In the fall of 2016 and spring of 2017, these four anthropologists observed how students and educators responded to the presidential election. This winter, they followed up to see what had changed in the last year.
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Suspending Hope
Schools in Maryland and Connecticut are rethinking suspension policies and practices.
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Why Teaching About Social Justice Matters
This teacher is often asked, “Why can’t you let ‘social justice’ go?” Here’s her answer.
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Student Advocates Help Realize a DREAM
Oct. 8, was a day of victory for a group of 22 Life Academy students in Oakland, Calif. They are part of a 2-year-old advocacy club called “The Real DREAM Act Movement.” Students met regularly to support in campaigning for the passage of the federal DREAM Act. After several weeks of active letter writing and campaigning, their dream had finally come true: California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law AB 131, a companion bill to AB 130, together known as the “California DREAM Act.”