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Teaching Hard History
Four innovative educators discuss how they teach about our country's painful past. Plus, get a sneak preview of our new resources for teaching about American slavery.
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How My Third-Graders and I Address Consent
A TT Award winner shares how she teaches her elementary students about consent throughout the year. It’s not too early—or too late—to start.
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Better Together
An innovative curriculum spurs South Carolina students to fight bigotry.
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The Day After
What’s your classroom plan for the day after the election? This TT teaching and learning specialist offers some guidance.
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The War on Drugs—Mechanisms and Effects
Mass incarceration is fueled by a highly funded and minimally constrained criminal justice system that traps people branded as “criminals,” even individuals without a criminal record, into a permanent undercaste.
October 13, 2014
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Who, Me? A Scientist?
In this lesson, students get in touch with their “inner scientists,” first by viewing a video of a 4-year-old solving a complex problem and then by working together to explain a discrepant event. Students also consider attributes shared by many scientists: curiosity, perseverance and the ability to problem-solve.
April 18, 2016
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You Spoke, We Listened
Our latest magazine issue, a brand-new guide for serving English language learners and posts about school choice have inspired a lot of dialogue with our readers.
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DACA Is in the Supreme Court. How About Your Classroom?
On November 12, hearings begin for the Supreme Court cases that could decide the fate of DACA. It’s an opportunity for educators to start an important conversation.
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Letter from the Director
We hope this guide provides you with practical ideas about how to respond to derogatory language and bigotry in the moment, from any source, in any situation.
July 30, 2012