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From Mourning to Action
After this weekend’s shootings in El Paso and Dayton, we ask: How do educators keep tragedy and terror from overwhelming them as they fight for justice?
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Rising to the Challenge
A Louisiana Children's Museum exhibit takes the "dis" out of disability.
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Hate at School: February 2019
Instead of lessons about black history and culture, February brought slurs, blackface, threats and even violence at some U.S. schools.
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Spotlighting—and Quantifying—the Problem
No one knows the extent of the problem nationally. In 2018, the SPLC’s Learning for Justice project, then Teaching Tolerance, collected hundreds of news reports detailing hate in schools directed toward individuals or
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Commit to Building a Just Future
Children should have the right to safe, affirming and inclusive schools. To uplift Banned Books Week and to honor LGBTQ+ History Month, support young people’s freedom to read, learn and build a just future.
- Exclusion Is Unconstitutional
- Building a Just Future
- ChangeMakers for an Inclusive and Just Future
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Teachers’ Silence on Climate Change Violates Students’ Rights
It’s our responsibility as educators to ensure we’re teaching our students what they need to know about climate change.
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Modify and Adjust: Teaching During Turbulent Times
When a bias incident occurred on her campus, this educator quickly adjusted the next day’s teaching plan to address it—because she had to.
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How Not To Deal With Bullies
The news today brought yet another tragic story of a teen suicide related to bullying. The world lost a promising young man who had seen his share of teasing—like the time he’d dyed his hair pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. But this time, he was on the other side of the equation. He was the bully. Along with two other boys, he stood accused by his elite prep school of harassing a fellow student because of that student’s sexual orientation. The school sent the boy home and pressured him to withdraw rather than face expulsion.
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Toolkit for "Joseph’s Castle in the Sky"
This toolkit for “Joseph’s Castle in the Sky” includes lesson plans, book lists, games and data to help teachers in K-12 classrooms give their students a deeper understanding of Haitian culture and history.