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Stake of the South
This is a Democratic campaign document discussing the South’s monetary stakes.
December 15, 2017
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Story Telling
In this poem, a mother tells her children the story of an enslaved mother and her beautiful daughter who is sold away.
December 15, 2017
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Listen, Look and Learn: Using Primary Sources to Teach the Freedom Struggle
Episode 12, Season 3 Oral histories, historic sites, archives and museums expand students’ understanding of the past. They fill in gaps in our textbooks—complementing what’s included and capturing what’s not. This
February 4, 2021
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Students Need Skills to Say No to Fist Fights
We must teach conflict resolution, empathy and individual responsibility to students as deliberately as we teach math and science. Schools will not get better until we do.
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Sitting in the Shadows of Hope
This TT staffer reflects on the incessant violence in our country as an educator and a mother.
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What Issues Inspire You?
We need to look around our schools and communities with an eye towards equity. And—like our predecessors—we need to find the courage to take a stand together when we see it.
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Late-night Bike Rides and Taking Risks
Jim Bolone’s favorite childhood memory keeps his love of teaching alive, even when bureaucracy gets him down.
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Social Justicing With Hip-Hop
Looking for a new way to engage your students? Try one they probably already know and love.
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Hijas Americanas: Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina
Rosie Molinary describes how she felt as a Latina teenager in the United States, caught between disparate and unrealistic beauty standards.
December 30, 2015