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Planting Seeds, Growing Diversity
STEM classes have long been dominated by white males. Here are ways to make these fields more attractive to girls and students of color.
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Toolkit for Lights, Camera, Social Action!
Engage the budding filmmakers in your class with this activity!
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Abuse of Power
Most bullying prevention is aimed at students.
What happens when adults are the aggressors?
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Under Attack
The bullying of teachers is slowly entering the national spotlight. How will your school respond?
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Starting an Activist Club at School
This piece is to accompany the Portfolio Activity for "From Awareness to Action"Tad Thomas of the Positive Youth Foundation offers simple tips for starting an activist club at school.
July 6, 2009
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Dear Colleagues, You Need to Ensure Transgender Students’ Rights
A new directive on transgender students, issued today by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice, applies to all public schools.
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Forging Partnerships With Our School Communities
Tapping into community resources conveys to students that their families, their neighbors and they themselves matter.
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Teaching the Inauguration
Struggling with how to address the upcoming inauguration in your classroom? Consider teaching about inaugural history.
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Teaching the Election Doesn’t Require Neutrality
This history teacher offers a strategy for teaching about the presidential election. It starts with organizing ideas into three categories: consensus, legitimately controversial and out of bounds.
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How to Implement 'Speak Up At School'
Here are activities designed for educators implementing the strategies presented in Speak Up At School to create a safe school climate.
May 2, 2014