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March 1, 2018

We Rest Our Case: American Slavery Is Widely Mistaught

Abolitionists William Still, Sojourner Truth, William Loyd Garrison, unidentified male and female slaves, and Black Union soldiers in front of American flag

After hearing from skeptics about our Teaching Hard History report findings, TT Director Maureen Costello came across striking new evidence that the project is necessary.

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Slavery

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January 30, 2018

Florida’s “Hope Scholarship” Passes the Buck on Stopping Bullying

On January 22, a senate panel in Florida approved a bill that would offer vouchers to targets of bullying so they can transfer to a private school. No matter the bill’s intentions, it harms rather than helps children.

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Bullying & Bias

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December 19, 2018

We Can’t Lose Another Child to Suicide

Young student with back to the viewer wearing a backpack.

Hate at school can cost lives, and we’ve already lost too many.

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Bullying & Bias

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Foundations Courses

The credential program at California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) has developed a tradition of prioritizing social justice. While TT materials have long been a staple of the program’s teacher education courses, in

October 23, 2018

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June 17, 2020

A Landmark Supreme Court Case For LGBTQ Educators and Students

LGBTQ pride flag flying in front of courthouse-like building.

On June 15, the Supreme Court's decision in 'Bostock v. Clayton County, GA' made it illegal for employers to discriminate against LGBTQ people in the workplace.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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September 11, 2020

What Anti-racism Really Means for Educators

As anti-racism becomes a popular goal for schools across the nation, this TT advisory board member considers what it really means to be an anti-racist educator.

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August 7, 2023

Whole-of-Community Resilience

Young person sitting in front of a laptop computer.

Helping young people build resilience against manipulative extremist narratives and conspiracy theories requires all adults in a young person’s trusted network to be equipped with the skills and knowledge to intervene.

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Bullying & Bias Rights & Activism

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Abraham Lincoln & Frederick Douglass: The Story Behind an American Friendship

This text explores the relationship between Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, two self-made men whose lives intersected near the end of America's Civil War.

Russell Freedman

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6-8 9-12

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Class

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History

July 10, 2017

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Informational

Who Claims Me?

In Boston, widely regarded as the center of the abolitionist movement, black leaders called on citizens to resist the newly passed Fugitive Slave Law in 1850 in order “to make Massachusetts a battlefield in defense of liberty.”

Learning for Justice Staff

Grade Level

9-12

Topic

Class Rights & Activism

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Civics

History

Economics

December 6, 2017

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

Name Changers

Illustration of students around a Confederate monument

The names of Confederate and segregationist leaders label the landscape of the South. What are the consequences when these names belong to schools?

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