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Expanding Expectations for Students
This teacher wanted to empower her female students through literature. She boosted all students’ reading skills and self-confidence in the process.
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“Say Yes” Again
Critical literacy can expose the assumption that whiteness is “normal” and provide students support for talking about difficult topics.
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‘Bibi’ Lesson 1: What Makes Us Who We Are?
In this first lesson in a series of three, students will explore how people are comprised of personal and social identities.
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“That’s So Gay” | From a Teacher’s Perspective
When this teacher, then a closeted lesbian, heard her students using the word gay negatively, she had to choose between playing it safe and genuinely fostering an inclusive classroom culture.
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Students Say Teach the Truth
An LFJ award winner centers her students’ perspectives in the current conversation about racism, social justice education and the need for an inclusive national narrative.
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Students and Hair: The Freedom to Choose
Give your students a tool to help them evaluate a situation, like an unfair dress code, by teaching them the language of healthy relationships.
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Teaching and Affirming LGBTQ Youth after the ‘Bostock’ Decision
This summer’s landmark Supreme Court case made it illegal to fire someone based on their gender or sexuality. But ‘Bostock’ is a baseline, not a ceiling.
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Marching Into Women’s History Month
From now on, when we talk about women’s history, the Women’s March should be part of those lessons. Here’s why.