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August 24, 2011

Bringing 9/11 in the Classroom—Useful Lessons

As a matter of practice, we encourage teachers to integrate learning opportunities about religious tolerance and cultural understanding throughout the school year. But this is especially important as the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches.

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Bullying & Bias

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June 10, 2015

Activism Isn’t a Four-Letter Word

Encouraging students to take an interest in the well-being of others is not indoctrination: It’s the right thing to do.

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Rights & Activism

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January 7, 2019

Teachers of Color Pushed Out: Why I Left the Classroom

Empty desks in a classroom with a blackboard in the background.

This educator explains why she left teaching—and some common reasons why so many other urban teachers of color leave too.

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Issue 20, Fall 2001

What's In a Word?

Elementary students learn a lesson in the language of respect.

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Bullying & Bias

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Issue 30, Fall 2006

New Orleans, Texas

One year after Hurricane Katrina, hundreds of thousands of displaced students remain scattered in schools across the nation. In Houston, which has the largest concentration of evacuees, two schools continue helping displaced students adjust to new surroundings -- and honor what was lost or left behind.

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Class

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April 16, 2013

Problems with Christmas Curriculum

School activities surrounding Christmas can have unintentional negative consequences like reinforcing commercialism, focusing on "good" and "bad" behavior and isolating students who don't celebrate the holiday.

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Jennifer L. Lieberman

Jennifer L. Lieberman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of North Florida, and has taught classes to conventional and incarcerated students in subjects ranging from American literature and African-American literature to gender and women studies and the history of science, medicine, and technology. She was the Presidential Diversity and Inclusion Award winner and the Florida Blue Center for Ethics Fellow at her university in 2017, both for her work in ethics and social justice. Her book, Power Lines: Electricity in American Life and Letters, 1882-1952, is available from The MIT

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Issue 53, Summer 2016