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March 15, 2010

Remember the (all-white) Alamo!

The Texas State Board of Education approved standards for U.S. history and other social studies courses Friday. That is national news because of Texas’ huge role in shaping textbooks across the country. Given that conservative Christians dominate the board, the result was predictable.

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March 14, 2018

Insist on Persistent Women: Women's History in the K-8 Classroom

Young people need stories of persistent women who have fought for gender equality. Women's History Month is a good time for us to recommit to teaching those stories.

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Gender & Sexual Identity Rights & Activism

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Keith Jones

Keith Jones (he/him) is the president and CEO of SoulTouchin’ Experiences LLC, a recognized leader within social justice and disability rights movements, and a multi-talented artist who, along with Leroy Moore and Rob Temple, founded the Emmy Award-winning Krip Hop Nation.

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Issue 36, Fall 2009

Pushed Out

Teaching Tolerance illustration with student at a higher point. seeing from behind

Zero tolerance policies were supposed to end school violence. Instead, they’re pushing students out of school and into the justice system — and children of color are paying the highest price.

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Issue 42, Fall 2012

Open the Door to a Safe Learning Environment

Counselor Torrye Reeves believes there are three keys to keeping parents involved with their kids at school: communication, communication, communication.

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Issue 50, Summer 2015

"It’s Heart Work"

Behavioral specialist Miguel A. Salinas puts his heart into the school's toughest kids.

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Denounce the Act

Silence or a lack of response allows fear, confusion, misinformation and distrust to grow.

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Bullying & Bias

August 27, 2012

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Issue 40, Fall 2011

"It is about everything you do..."

Administrator William Joslyn says modeling tolerance is key for school leaders. “If we don’t walk the walk, we can’t expect others to.”

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Tina Vasquez

Tina Vasquez is a journalist with more than 10 years of experience reporting on immigration, reproductive injustice, gender, labor and culture. She is currently a senior reporter at Prism, where she covers gender justice and workers’ rights. Previously, she was a senior reporter covering immigration at Rewire.News, the leading online publication devoted to evidence-based reporting on reproductive and sexual health, rights and justice. Vasquez’s work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, NPR, The Nation, Playboy and a variety of other publications. She currently serves on the board of

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September 23, 2021

Parents Push for Student Safety

A parent-led grassroots organization in Georgia chips away at punitive school discipline policies and works to remove police from their schools.

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Rights & Activism

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