Schools across the nation are committing to the all-important work of anti-racism. Schools with predominately white or privileged students should be no exception.
Today, the White House and Justice Department potentially closed a door on some of the United States’ most vital and courageous individuals. As educators, this is not an issue we can ignore.
Process drama, which encourages students to play with inquiry, brings content to life for students. Here’s how it looked in one high school classroom in Ohio.
Elizabeth MacQueen is the sculptor of Four Spirits, a monument built to memorialize the four girls killed in the bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church. In her memoir, she discusses how the project revealed to her how sheltered she had been as a child growing up in Birmingham.
Crystalyn Snow Boyer is an elementary music teacher and freelance musician in the Chicago suburbs. She holds a bachelor's degree in music education and performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and a master's degree in music performance from DePaul University. Boyer is passionate about bringing social justice issues into the music classroom and using the arts to help students make the world a better place.
TT Staff Writer Coshandra Dillard sits down with Susan Bro to discuss her activist work, her hopes for the future and the legacy of her daughter, Heather Heyer.
As the political fallout from the January 6 U.S. Capitol riot unfolds, it’s critical that educators help students contextualize white supremacist movements of the past and present.