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Ellen Fracassini

Ellen Fracassini taught seventh and eighth grade for 10 years in New York City public schools, where she also held various teacher leadership positions. She earned her master’s degree from Fordham University in Secondary English Education. She is an experienced ELA curriculum writer and currently teaches seventh and eighth grade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, public schools.

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Issue 3, Fall 2022

End Poverty. PERIOD.

Breanna and Brooke Bennett, student activists and founders of Women in Training, explain the impetus for their work to provide free menstrual products to all menstruating students.

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August 1, 2014

Freedom Schools 50 Years Later

Fifty years after the Freedom Schools of 1964, today’s Freedom Schools continue the legacy.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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September 21, 2016

Finding Common Ground

Wouldn’t it be productive if schools established school-wide norms for civil discourse this fall?

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June 6, 2018

Worried About a Friend? Use Your E.D.G.E.

Students don’t always know how to help someone they care about who might be experiencing bullying, suicidal thoughts or other problems. This can help.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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November 26, 2018

Teachers’ Silence on Climate Change Violates Students’ Rights

Child looking out onto the countryside, silhouetted in window

It’s our responsibility as educators to ensure we’re teaching our students what they need to know about climate change.

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August 18, 2017

Now-based Curriculum

teacher helping stressed student with computer work

Instead of discussing current events only on Tuesdays or only in response to traumatic events, let’s help students use the curriculum to understand and act against current injustices.

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Rights & Activism