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Pledge Laws: Controlling Protest and Patriotism in Schools
It’s time to revisit students’ rights and what freedom really looks like.
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Online Teaching Can Be Culturally Responsive
Amid school closures, online classes can offer new opportunities for culturally responsive teaching. Here’s what one educator is trying with her fifth grade students.
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Teaching the Historical Context of January 6
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.
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Social and Emotional Support
Research shows that students need to feel physically and emotionally supported to learn, but culture, climate and social emotional learning must focus on more than just empathy, kindness and inclusion.
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Creating and Upholding Just Systems
Social justice leadership includes regularly assessing and improving systems and structures that promote student well-being and equity—in both experiences and outcomes.
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A Letter to Young People on Your Power to Effect Change
Recognize the possibilities of the power of the vote, encourage your friends and family to engage in civic action, and become a change agent in your community.
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Advocating for Honest History Education: A Resource for Parents and Caregivers
What is honest history, why is it essential for our democracy, and how can parents, caregivers and community members advocate for honest history education?
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“We Won’t Wear the Name”
At these three high schools, each named for Robert E. Lee, students led the way toward change.
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Teaching in Solidarity
The guiding principles behind the Black Lives Matter At School Week of Action can be an important frame through which to reimagine more liberatory educational spaces for Black children.
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Who is Responsible for the War?
In this speech, Alexander H. Stephens appeals to his fellow Southerners to vote against secession by highlighting what the consequences of secession might be.
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