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Support Students From Immigrant Families
Our web package offers resources on executive orders, ICE raids, safe zones, ELL services and much more.
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The Lessons of a Rural Principal
Eighteen years ago, I thought I was starting a brief stint at a rural school. It turned into a career full of experimentation and success.
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Violence Prevention
Civil rights leader Malcolm X now appears in many history books and has been the hero of a feature film, but very few sources actually delve into the forms of leadership and resistance to oppression that Malcolm X advocated in the last year of his life.
July 6, 2009
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When Bullying Becomes a Laughing Matter
“You can’t sit with us!” I giggled as I, along with the 20 or so other girls in my high school health class, sprawled out on the classroom floor and watched Mean Girls. Gretchen Wieners had just told Regina George she couldn’t sit at their lunch table because she was wearing sweatpants. We’d all seen the movie countless times before, but it didn’t matter. The scene was perpetually funny.
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Students Activists Need Our Support
A pair of news stories this week reported that students were being silenced and punished when they attempted to speak up for others. This is disappointing.
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Celebrate Disability Pride Month
July is Disability Pride Month, coinciding with the anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. These resources can help you celebrate, support and advocate for students with disabilities by rejecting ableism—this month and throughout the school year.
- Kay Ulanday Barrett
- Supporting Students With Learning Disabilities During School Closures
- Access for All
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Rethinking Parent-Teacher Conferences
Making the conference experience more supportive to families ultimately benefits students.
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Help Save A Life
Students are dying. On Nov. 27, Josh Pacheco took his own life. He had come out as gay to his mother a couple months before his death. His parents learned recently that Josh had been bullied at school.
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Pandemic Pedagogy: One Year In
As many communities pass the one-year mark of distance learning, quarantine and loss, it’s important to acknowledge the undeniable impact of the pandemic on all of our lives—including the ways students experience school. We hope these resources help.
- Pandemic Pedagogy: A Call to Educators to Bring Their Classrooms to Reality
- Returning to the Place of Origin
- Supporting Students Through Coronavirus
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