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Creating Unity at Lawndale
As you know, many schools in Los Angeles have dealt with racial tensions, race riots, and violence on campus stemming from issues of race and misunderstanding.
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Discipline That Works
Earlier this month, hundreds of educators, parents and students gathered at the Educating Youth of Color Summit in Colorado Springs, Colo. That the state’s 4th Judicial District sponsored the event was no accident.
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When Language Intersects with Race and Culture
The room was quiet. In our staff development session, we had just watched a short video about the best way to instruct our students in speaking Standard English. The teacher in the video explained to her students that they would be practicing the “language of the job interview.” My school director asked, “How did people feel about that?”
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What We’re Reading This Week: May 12
A weekly sampling of articles, blogs and reports relevant to TT educators.
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Ninth Ward
The narrative voice belongs to Lanesha, a 12-year-old girl growing up in New Orleans. Lanesha is frequently picked on and teased because she has a special gift—the ability to see ghosts and spirits. Used to being bullied herself, in this scene Lanesha is a witness when someone else is the target.
July 2, 2014
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Educators and Their #Community: Finding Solidarity on Social Media
How social justice educators are using social media to find support, a platform and PD.
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Notice
This brief newspaper article represents the commonplace practice of selling land, animals and goods while including enslaved people in the same listing in the United States before emancipation. Serving as primary source evidence of a pending sale, the article simplifies the transactions as purely economic.
December 15, 2017
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Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
This performance of Swing Low Sweet Chariot is part of Nashville Public Television (NPT) and the Renaissance Center's presentation "Tennessee Civil War 150" a series of documentaries delving into life in Tennessee during the Civil War.
December 14, 2017
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John Canoe (Jonkonnu) Costume, Jamaica (1838)
A color lithograph image of Afro-Caribbean dress, this picture adds depth to students’ understanding of the culture of enslaved people.
December 14, 2017
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Advertisement by Clarissa Reed
This advertisement, published in the Southwestern Christian Advocate in 1883, was included in the "Lost Friends" section of the newspaper. Advertisements like this were published after emancipation by African Americans seeking their relatives. Families of enslaved people were often separated during enslavement. In this advertisement, Clarissa Reed seeks her relatives.
September 4, 2018